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Mother of EvilsEnglish Translation of Burayiaun ki Maa•ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDCopyright © 2013 Maktaba-tul-MadinahNo part of this publication may be reproduced, or transmitted, in any form or byany means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,without formal permission of Maktaba-tul-Madinah.Compiler:Markazi Majlis Shura (Dawat-e-Islami)Translator:Translation of Majlis TarajimEdition:FirstDate of publishing: -ISBN: -Publisher:Maktaba-tul-MadinahSponsorshipFeel free to contact us if you wish to sponsor the printing of a religiousbook or a booklet for the Isal-e-Sawab of your deceased family member.Maktaba-tul-MadinahAlami Madani Markaz, Faizan-e-Madinah Mahallah Saudagran,Old Sabzi Mandi, Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi, Pakistan Email: maktabaglobal@dawateislami.net –maktaba@dawateislami.net Phone: 92+21-34921389-93 – 34126999 Fax: 92+21-34125858

ََََُِۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ Du’ā for reading the bookRead the following Du’ā (supplication) before studying a religiousbook or an Islamic lesson, , you will rememberwhatever you study.‏َللّٰ‏ ‏َلَ‏ك وَانرش‏َتَ‏ع ينَا ‏ِحكم‏َحۡ‏ا هم ت‏َااجلۡ‏‏َلَ‏‏َاكرَاموَتك يَا ذ َ لِ‏‏َا رَمحۡ‏ع ينۡ َُّ افۡ‏TranslationYā Allah ! Open the portal of knowledge and wisdom for us,and have mercy on us! O the One Who is the Most Honourable andGlorious!(Al-Mustaṭraf, vol. 1, pp. 40)Note: Recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī once before and after the Du’ā.iii

ۡۡۡۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ 13 Intentions for reading this book in connectionto thirteen letters of ‘Combating Wine’The Noble Prophet ٖ said:‏َلِه‏ِن عَمنِ‏ ُ يَّة ال ۡ م ۡ ‏ُؤ مِنِ‏ خ ۡ ٌ ‏َري مّ‏ ٰۡWhich means,The intention of Muslim values more than his deed.’(Al-Mu’jam Kabīr, vol. 6, pp. 185, Ḥadīš 5942)Two Madanī pearlsC Without a good intention, no reward is granted for arighteous deed.C The more righteous intentions that are made, thegreater the reward!Intentions1-4. Every time [I read this book] I will start with Ḥamd (1) ,Ṣalāwāt (2) , Ta’awwuż (3) and Tasmiyyaĥ (4) (by reading thetwo lines of Arabic given at the top of this page one willbe acting on these four intentions).5. For seeking pleasure of Allah , I will read this bookfrom the beginning to the end.iv

َََّ َMother of Evils6-7. To the best of my ability, I will try to read it whilst in thestate of Wuḍu (6) and facing the Qiblaĥ (7) .8. I will behold the Quranic verses and the blessed Aḥādīšout of reverence.9. Wherever I come across the exalted name of Allah, I will‏َّوَجَ‏, ل say عز10. and wherever I come across the blessed name of the Belovedُوَس and Blessed Prophet I will invokeص . َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ا حت‏َوۡ‏تهادهِ‏ وَا ٰ هلِ‏ ِت ٰ ‏َعَا عَلَيۡ‏11. With the intention of acting upon the Ḥadīšَ ‏َابُّوۡ‏‘Give اgifts to each other, it will enrich affection amongst you,’(Muwaṭṭā Imām Mālik, vol. 2, pp. 407, Ḥadīš 1731) I shall buy thisbook (one, or as many I can afford) and will gift it to others.‏َّمَ ل12. I will continue campaign against Satan.13. If I spot any Shar’ī mistake, I will inform the publishers inwriting (verbal intimation is usually ineffective).v

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َۡMother of EvilsI was not weighed up by my deeds; rather I was forgiven by virtue ofbeing the beggar of the sacred street of Madina‏َّدُ ‏َمَ ٰ حم‏َا ٰتَعَ َ احلۡ‏‏ُّو ۡ ا صَ‏ لبِيبص َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُDear Islamic brothers! Did you notice that all the participantsof the gathering were forgiven just because of reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī loudly. Let’s make intention to recite Ṣalāt aloudupon listening to the blessed name of our Beloved Prophet ٖ while attending any religious gathering, forexample, weekly Sunnaĥ inspiring Ijtimā’ of Dawat-e-Islami,the global non-political movement for propagation of Quranand Sunnaĥ. Mother of all evilsOne day, whist delivering a sermon, Amīr-ul-Muminīn Sayyidunā‘Ušmān bin ‘Affān mentioned that he listened fromthe Beloved Prophet ٖ : ‘Refrain from the motherof evils (alcohol) because, in the times of Banī Isrāīl, there was avery pious man who used to live in seclusion. A woman fell inlove with him and she sent her servant requesting him that shewould like to produce him as a witness in a certain case. Theman went to her home. As he went across the doors through thehome, the doors were made shut behind him, until he came infront of a very beautiful and elegant lady. A boy was standingbeside her and there was a pitcher made up of glass containingalcohol. The woman said, ‘I have not called you here for givingany evidence. Instead I want that you murder this boy, or indulgein fornication with me or drink from this wine glass, and if youwould refuse, I will shout and disgrace you.’ The man thoughtthat he had no option of getting out of this difficult situation,hence, he opted for the alcohol. The lady made her drink from2

Mother of all Evilswine glass. Out of intoxication, he kept on asking for more andmore. He continued drinking until he commited fornicationwith the woman and also murdered the boy.’ The BelovedProphet ٖ further said, ‘Therefore, you keeprefraining from alcohol. Īmān (Faith) and the habit of drinkingalcohol cannot coexist in one’s heart; (if one will do so) out ofĪmān and alcohol, one will eject the other.’ (Al-Iḥsān bit-Tartīb ṢaḥīḥIbn-e-Ḥabbān, vol. 7, pp. 367, Ḥadīš 5324)Dear Islamic brother! When that pious person was asked tocommit fornication, he refused. When he was given the optionof committing murder, he refused, but when he was asked todrink alcohol, that poor pious man thought that the last optionwould save him from the very harmful acts of fornication andmurder. And so, he drank the alcohol but due to its curse heended up committing both the other major sins. Actually, heunfortunately chose the key to sins. By him choosing the sin ofdrinking alcohol, it opened many other doors of sins for him.Islam has declared alcohol as Ḥarām forever due to these verydestructive outcomes. In addition to several other detrimentalevils, drinking alcohol has also become a cult of our society. Ithas destroyed the very fabric of society. In the past, people usedto drink alcohol secretly. They would drink secretly so thatnobody can see them.Was it alcohol or vinegar in the bottle?It has been reported that once Amīr-ul-Muminīn Sayyidunā‘Umar Fārūq was walking through one of the streetsof Madīnaĥ Munawwaraĥ. He saw a young man whohad a bottle hidden in his clothes. He asked, ‘Oyoung man! What are you hiding in your clothes?’ The bottle3

Mother of Evilscontained alcohol in it. The young man felt so embarrassed thathe could not disclose this to Amīr-ul-Muminīn .Therefore, he repented instantly in his heart and supplicated: ‘OAllah! Please do not embarrass me in front of Sayyidunā ‘UmarFārūq . Please conceal my fault today; I will neverdrink alcohol again.’ Thereafter he said, ‘O Amīr-ul-Muminīn ! This is a bottle of vinegar.’ He asked forit to be shown. When the young man showed it, it was vinegar,indeed. (Mukāshafa-tul-Qulūb, pp. 27-28)Tū nay dunyā main bĥī ‘Aybūon ko cĥupāyā Yā KhudāḤashr main bhi lāj rakĥ laynā keh Tū Sattār ĥayYou have concealed my faults in this world O Allah!Please conceal my sins on the Day of Judgementas well, as you are SattarFear of the beingsDear Islamic brothers! In the past, the sinful people used to fearfacing embarrassment because of their sins being exposed to thepeople of the society. If they found themselves in such a situationwhere their sins would be revealed to others, they would makesincere and whole-hearted repentance in the court of Allah and beg Him to conceal their sins, as related above regarding theyoungster who repented due to the fear of Amīr-ul-MuminīnSayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq , and Allah acceptedhis true repentance by changing the alcohol of bottle into vinegarso that no one could become aware of his sin. If someone feelsguilty and truly repents, Allah changes the alcohol ofdisobedience into the vinegar of obedience. There had been atime when sinners would at least have fear of the people in theirhearts and would refrain from drinking openly. Unfortunately,4

ۡMother of all Evilsalcohol is common and openly consumed in these times. Evenin Islamic countries some people add alcohol in the menu ofimportant social and business events just to maintain their socalled status or for the purpose of boasting. This tendency hascreated a huge number of addicts among youngsters and evenwomen are indulging in this evil act. It is Ḥarām for one toarrange alcohol openly for others to drink even though he doesn’tconsume it himself. He who is aware that the event or partyincludes alcohol in the menu should remind himself that theNoble Prophet ٖ has forbade from sitting at adining mat that includes drinking of alcohol. (Sunan Abī Dāwūd,vol. 3, pp. 489, Ḥadīš 3774, Maltaqṭā) Another Ḥadīš reported bySayyidunā Jābir mentions that the Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘Whoever believes in Allah and theDay of Judgement, should not sit at a dining mat where alcoholis served out.’ (Sunan Tirmiżī, vol. 4, pp. 366, Ḥadīš 2810, Maltaqṭā)Hence, if it is known that a party, gathering or any social eventincludes alcohol, one should never attend such gathering,otherwise he will deserve hellfire as the Beloved Rasūl ٖ has said, ‘Those who make gathering with somedrunkard, Allah will group them together in the hellfire sothey will come near each other blaming. Each one will say tothe other: May Allah not bestow you with good return as itis you who has made me come to this place. Then the other onewill also reply in the same way.’ (Kitāb Al-Kabāir liz-Żaĥbī, pp. 95)If someone makes an excuse that the alcoholic beverages in aparty are for the non-Muslims, he should ponder over the sayingof Haḍrat Maulānā Muhammad Amjad Alī ‘Azmī , ‘Itis Ḥarām to serve alcohol to a Kāfir (unbeliever) or a child evenas a means of cure, and there is sin upon the person who serves it.’5

Mother of Evils(Al-Ḥadīyaĥ, vol. 2, pp. 398) Some Muslims arrange parties forunbelievers and also serve them alcohol; the penalty for suchdrinking is upon these Muslims. (Bahr-e-Sharī’at, vol. 3 pp. 672)Gatherings of drinkingIn order to learn about the extent of alcoholism and indecencyon a New Year’s Eve in Pakistan, please read the following news.‘Yesterday for the New Year’s Eve, special parties were arrangedeven though the weather was very cold. The parties includedsinging, dancing and drinking. Youngsters continued screamingand shouting on Mall Road and in the vicinity of Fortressstadium, Lahore. There were no rooms available in famous andeven normal hotels of the city. Many organisations and richpeople had already booked rooms in advance for holding secretparties. Police arrested dozens of drunken people and bottles ofalcohol were seized.’Ay khāṣṣa Khāṣān-e-Rūsūl waqt-e-du’ā ĥayUmmat paĥ Tayrī ā kay ‘ajab waqt pařā ĥayFaryād ĥay ay kashtī-e-ummat kay NegĥaybānBeyřa yeĥ tabāĥī kay qarīb ān lagā ĥayO best of all Rasūls, it is the time of prayerHard times have come upon your UmmaĥWe call you for help O Saviour of the boat of the UmmaĥOur boat is just about to sinkOpen war against the commandments of Allah Few youngsters of Bāb-ul-Madīnaĥ Karachi, Pakistan planneda get-together on 7 th Ramadan-ul-Mubārak 1428 AH (September21 st , 2007). The party included drinking and eating, along with6

Mother of Evilspersonal stories of indecency are not mentioned proudly by thepeople! Nudity and indecency is visible on roads, shops andmarketplaces in nearly every city. You will be surprised to knowthat there are 27 companies in Pakistan alone that import alcoholfrom abroad and sell it openly in different cities. Alcohol haspenetrated our society to the extent that it is drunk and servedin our wedding parties and functions, and even at the eventsarranged in celebration of passing the exams.Dancing and singing has become part and parcel of our weddingceremonies. Even very decent families permit their daughters totake their scarves off and dance on such occasions. Consequently,our society has fallen victim not only to the flood of nudism butalso to the evil of alcohol which is being drunk, served and soldopenly. People have become so fearless that they even do notrefrain from arranging alcohol serving gatherings in the sacredmonth of Ramadan. Just ponder for a while! Is this notridiculing the commandments of Allah ? Undoubtedly, it isutter disobedience and an open war against Allah and HisBeloved Rasūl ٖ .Waḍ’ mayn tum ĥo Naṣranī tū tamaddun mayn ĥunūdYeĥ Musalmān ĥayn! Jinĥayn daykĥ kay shrmāyn YaĥūdYour appearance is like that of Christians andculture like that of Hindus,Jews would feel shame looking at Muslims of these times.One sin carries ten misdeedsDear Islamic brothers, a person commits just one sin but thispoor soul doesn’t know that ten faults are hidden in this singlesin.8

َ ََُۡۡMother of EvilsZamīn bujĥ say meray paĥṫī naĥī ĥayYeĥ Tayrā ĥī to ĥay karam Yā IlāĥīBařī koshishayn kī gunāĥ cĥořney kīRaĥey Ah! Nā-kām ĥam Yā IlāĥīThe earth does not split owing to the weight of my grave sins,this is all because of Your benevolence, O AllahWe have tried our level best to refrain from sinsbut all in vain, O AllahWhat is alcohol?Let’s try to understand now ‘What is alcohol?’ and ‘Why hasIslam ordered us to refrain from it?’On page 671 of Bahar-e-Sharī’at, volume 3 [the 1250-pagepublication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing departmentof Dawat-e-Islami], it is stated: The renowned Islamic scholarMuftī Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī has mentioned that inthe Arabic dictionary the word ‘Sharāb’ is referred to somethingwhich is consumed for drinking, whereas, in terms of Fuqaĥā(Islamic Jurisprudence), ‘Sharāb’ is referred to something thatintoxicates. It has many kinds. One of its kinds is ‘Khamr’ i.e.wine which is made up from grapes. It is raw juice of grapesthat has been fermented and has gained intensity. According toImām-e-A’ẓam , for becoming wine, frothing in it isnecessary. Sometimes all kinds of wine are referred to ‘Khamr’metaphorically. (Al-Fatāwā al-Ĥindiyyaĥ, vol. 5, pp. 409; Dūr-re-Mukhtār,vol. 10, pp. 32)Imām Ḥāfiẓ Muhammad bin Aḥmad Żaĥabī (died in 748 A.H.)has mentioned in his book ‘ ’ (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir) thatevery such thing is termed as ‘Khamr’ that impairs the senses,whether it is wet or dry; eaten or drunk. (Kitāb Al-Kabāir, pp. 92)كِتاب الك بائِر10

ُرِ‏َََُۡ َٰۡۡۡMother of all EvilsThe reason of the name ‘Khamr’Sayyidunā Imām Abū ‘Abbās Aḥmad bin Muhammad bin ‘Alībin Ḥajar Makkī Shāfi’ī (died in 974 A.H.) hasmentioned in his book ‘ ‏َاجِ‏ ’ that the reason ofcalling it ‘Khamr’ is that it conceals the brain power. The scarfof a woman is known as ‘Khimār’ for the same reason becauseit hides her face. Similarly, a person who hides his witness iscalled ‘Khāmir’. Alcohol is also known as ‘Khamr’ because it iskept covered until fermentation. The following words of Ḥadīšّ َindicate similar word origin: م i.e. cover your utensils.(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 3, pp. 591, Ḥadīš 5623, Maltaqṭā) According to fewlexicographers, the reason of calling it ‘Khamr’ is that it upsetsthe senses. An Arabic proverb is also derived from the same root:11‏َّواَلزاِق رتِ‏ ا ‏ِف الكبَائ‏َنۡ‏ر عمخ ‏ِرُوا انِيتك2, vol. i.e. Disease has upset him. (Al-Zawājir ‘An Iqtrāf-ul-Kabāir, دَا ‏ٌء خَامَرَهpp. 292)Ruling on alcoholSayyidunā Imām Nu’aīm Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāĥ Aṣfaĥānī ہ has quoted in ‘Ḥilya-tul-Auliyā’ that once, fermented‘Nabīz’ (that may cause intoxication) contained in a pitcherwas brought in the blessed court of the Beloved Prophet ٖ . He ٖ said, ‘Throw it against thewall because it is a beverage for one who does not believe inAllah and in the Day of Judgment.’ (Ḥilya-tul-Auliyā, vol. 6,pp. 159, Ḥadīš 8148)The Merciful Prophet ٖ has stated, ‘Everyintoxicant is wine and every intoxicant is Ḥarām.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim,pp. 1109, Ḥadīš 2003) It is mentioned in a Ḥadīš that the BlessedProphet ٖ said, ‘Every intoxicant is wine andevery wine is Ḥarām.’ (ibid)

ۡMother of EvilsRuling on the earnings from alcoholDear Islamic brothers! As it is Ḥarām to drink alcohol; it’strading and earnings are also Ḥarām.The Great Prophet ٖ said, ‘Alcohol and its value(i.e. earnings), carrion and earnings from it, pig and earningsfrom it have been declared Ḥarām by Allah .’ (Sunan AbīDāwūd, vol. 3, pp. 387, Ḥadīš 3488, Maltaqṭā)In one of the Aḥādīš, the Beloved Rasūl ٖ stated,‘When Allah declared eating of fat (of kidneys, intestinesand stomach) Ḥarām for Jews, they sold it and consumedearnings from it. So, when Allah declares anything Ḥarāmfor some nation, He also declares earnings from it Ḥarām.’(Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 3, pp. 387, Ḥadīš 3488, Maltaqṭā)Alcohol is Ḥarām whether it is less or moreThe Merciful Prophet has stated, ‘Anything thatcauses intoxication when consumed in more quantity is alsoḤarām in small quantity.’ (Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 3, pp. 459, Ḥadīš 3681)The Most Blessed Prophet has stated, ‘If a ‘Farq’(a unit of weight equivalent to 16 ratals) of some thing can causeintoxication, a handful of it is also Ḥarām.’ (Jāmi’-ul-Tirmiżī, vol. 3,pp. 343, Ḥadīš 1873)On page 672 of Bahar-e-Sharī’at, volume 3 [the 1250-page bookpublication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing departmentof Dawat-e-Islami], it is stated: The renowned Islamic scholarMuftī Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī has mentioned that ‘Khamr’is in itself absolutely Ḥarām. Its prohibition is proven from12

Mother of all Evils‘Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī’ 1 and there is consensus of the Ummaĥ on alcoholbeing Ḥarām. Its use, whether more or less in quantity, is Ḥarām.It is impure just like urine. Its impurity is categorised as ‘Nijāsat-e-Ghlaīẓaĥ’ i.e. major impurity. Whoever claims alcohol to beḤalāl is Kāfir (unbeliever) because he has denied ‘Naṣ-e-Qurānī’i.e. Quranic injunction. Alcohol is not ‏ِم‘‏ ‏’م (liable forcompensation) to a Muslim i.e. if someone wastes a Muslim’salcohol, he will not be liable to pay recompense. It is notpermissible to buy it or to obtain any sort of benefit from it and itis not permissible to use it as a medicine. It is not permissible tomake some animal drink it, nor is it allowed for soaking theclay. It is not permissible to use it in preparation of suppository.He who drinks alcohol will be punished according to the Islamiclaw even if he has not suffered intoxication. (Dūr-re-Mukhtār, vol. 10,pp. 33, etc) It is also impermissible to use it in treatment of thewounds of animals. (Al-Fatāwā al-Ĥindiyyaĥ, vol. 5, pp. 410) The juiceof grapes that has been cooked until less than two thirds isevaporated i.e. more than one third is left, and if it is intoxicant,it is also Ḥarām and impure. (Dūr-re-Mukhtār, Kitāb Al-Ashariyyaĥ,vol. 10, pp. 36) Water containing ‘Raṭab’ i.e. un-dehydrated datesand water containing soaked Munaqqay (big currants) whenundergo fermentation and become frothy is also Ḥarām andimpure. (ibid, pp. 37) Wines made up from honey, fig, buckwheat,barley, etc. are also Ḥarām. (Dūr-re-Mukhtār, vol. 10, pp. 39-40)For example, in India, wine is made from ‘Maĥway’ (a treewhich has red and sallow coloured leaves, its fruit is round inshape and similar to dry date), if it intoxicates, it is Ḥarām.(Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 3, pp. 672)‏ُتَقَوّ‏1‘Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī’ is that clear evidence which is present in the Holy Quran or ḤadīšMutawātaraĥ. (Fatāwā Faqīĥ Millat, vol. 1, pp. 204)13

Mother of EvilsEight rulings regarding Khamr (alcohol)Mullā Aḥmad Jīwan Ḥanafī has quoted the followingeight rulings regarding ‘Khamr’ in ‘Tafsīrāt-e-Aḥmadīyyaĥ’.1. According to us, Khamr (alcohol) is ‘Ḥarām Li’ayniĥī’. Itsprohibition is not linked with intoxication and it is notḤarām for the reason of intoxication. According to somepeople, intoxication caused by it is Ḥarām because thiscauses debauchery and prevents from the remembrance ofAllah and from offering Ṣalāĥ. It should be notedthat, according to us, the aforementioned belief is Kufr(unbelief) because it is a denial of (an injunction of) theBook of Allah . Allah has declared it as Rijs(impure) and Rijs is always ‘Ḥarām Li’ayniĥī’. There isconsensus of the Ummaĥ on this ruling and same is alsoproven from the Sunnaĥ. Therefore, Khamr (alcohol) isḤarām Li’ayniĥī.2. Khamr (alcohol) is ‘Nijāsat-e-Ghlaīẓaĥ’ i.e. a major impurityjust like urine, and is proven as such by absolute injunctions.3. It is of no value for Muslims. If someone wastes (destroys)or takes over a Muslim’s alcohol, he will not be liable topay any compensation. Its trading is not allowed becauseAllah has declared it impure to discredit it, hence, tovalue it, will be considered as crediting it and tending tovoid its discredit; although as per bona fide tradition,alcohol is considered in holdings.4. It is Ḥarām to obtain any sort of benefit from Khamr(alcohol) because it is Najis. It is Ḥarām to obtain benefit14

َُِّٰMother of all Evilsfrom impure things, and Allah has also ordered us torefrain from it.5. It is Kufr to consider Khamr (alcohol) as Ḥalāl (lawful), asit would be refusal of an absolute injunction of theGlorious Quran.6. ‘Ḥad’ (Islamic punishment) will be meted out to the onefound guilty of drinking alcohol, even if he has notsuffered intoxication.7. Once Khamr (alcohol) is prepared, it does not change itscomposition upon further cooking i.e. it remains Ḥarām.8. However, according to the Ḥanafī school of thought, it ispermissible to convert Khamr (alcohol) into vinegar.(Al-Tafsīrāt-tul-Aḥmadīyyaĥ, pp. 369)Ten proofs for the impermissibility of alcohol from‘Allāmaĥ Shāmī‏َعَا‏ٰ‏رمحة ا ته‏َلَيۡ‏عَ ۡ‘Allāmaĥ Shāmī has quoted ten proofs for theimpermissibility of alcohol which are as follows:1. Alcohol has been mentioned along with gambling, idolsand arrow-betting (a kind of gambling), and these all areḤarām.2. Alcohol was declared as impure, and impure things arealways Ḥarām.3. Alcohol has been declared satanic act and satanic acts areḤarām.15

ۡMother of Evils4. It has been ordered to refrain from alcohol. It is Ḥarām tocommit any act refraining from which has been declared‘Farḍ’ (obligatory).5. Salvation was made conditional with refraining fromalcohol. Hence, it became Farḍ to refrain from it, and itsconsumption became Ḥarām.6. Satan causes hostility among people by virtue of alcohol,and hostility is Ḥarām. The cause of a Ḥarām thing is alsoḤarām.7. Satan causes hatred among people by virtue of alcoholand hatred is Ḥarām.8. Satan prevents one from the remembrance of Allah through alcohol, and to prevent from the remembrance ofAllah is Ḥarām.9. Satan prevents one from offering Ṣalāĥ through alcoholand anything that prevents from offering Ṣalāĥ is Ḥarām.10. Allah has ordered us to refrain from alcohol in aninterrogative way i.e. ‘Are you not going to refrain fromit?’ This also shows the impermissibility of alcohol. (Raḍḍ-ul-Mukhtār, vol. 10, pp. 33)When did alcohol become impermissible?‘Allāmaĥ Sayyid Muhammad Na’īmuddīn Murādābādī has mentioned in ‘Khazāin-ul-‘Irfān’ that alcoholbecame Ḥarām in 3 A.H, a few days after the Battle of Aḥzāb.(Khazāin-ul-‘Irfān, part 2, Al-Baqaraĥ, Taḥat-ul-Ayaĥ 219)16

Mother of all EvilsFour verses from the Quran regarding alcoholBefore the advent of Islam, there was a fully established traditionof drinking alcohol; it was not considered as an evil in social aswell as religious perspective. Therefore, many people werehabitual of drinking alcohol. Islam unfolded its harms in stepsand finally ordered its abandonment.On pages 545-547 of the book ‘Jaĥannam main lay Jānay wālayA’māl’, volume 2 [the 1012-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it ismentioned: Islamic scholars have stated that there are fourverses regarding the prohibition of alcohol. In the first verse, itis ordained that:ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ٰAnd from the fruits of date and grapes, for you make juices andgood nourishment from them; indeed in this is a sign for people ofintellect.[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 14, Sūraĥ al-Naḥl, Verse 67)Muslims continued drinking alcohol because it was stillpermissible. Companions like Sayyidunā ‘Umar Al-Fārūq and Sayyidunā Mu’āż requested in thecourt of the Noble Prophet ٖ to pass a verdictregarding alcohol because it impairs the intellect and wastesmoney. In consequence, Allah imposed the followingcommandment:17

ۡ َََٰۙۡۙۡۡۡMother of Evils ۡ ۤ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۤ ۡ ‘They ask you the decree regarding wine and gambling; say (OBeloved Prophet Muhammad), “In both lies great sin, and also someworldly benefit for people - and their sin is greater than theirbenefit.’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Sūraĥ al-Baqaraĥ, Verse 219)The Most Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘Undoubtedly,Allah is drawing our attention towards prohibition ofalcohol, therefore if anyone possesses alcohol, he must sell itout.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 851, Ḥadīš 1578, Maltaqṭā)Some people abandoned alcohol because of the part ‘ٌ ۡاِثۡ ’ (it ismajor sin), and few continued because of the description of theQuran ‘ لِلنَّا ‏ِس ُ ’ (There are some worldly benefits in it). OnceSayyidunā Abdur Raḥman bin ‘Awf prepared mealand invited a few companions ; alcohol was also served.Guests got intoxicated and lost their senses. When the time ofMaghrib arrived, one of the companions stepped forward and ledthe Maghrib prayer. He committed a mistake in reciting theseverses of the Holy Quran:1‏ٌم كبِ‏ ري‏َافِعمَن ۡ ۡ ۡ ۤ ۡ ‏َعۡ‏ ‏ُدُ‏ا ٰٓ He recited ب instead ofۤ, meaning that, he left the word َ ۡ اَع بُدُ‏before; consequently, Allah revealed the following بُدُ‏verse:اع1You say: Neither do I worship what you worship.18

ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ٰ ٰ ۡ ۡ Mother of all Evils ٰ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰٓ‘O People who believe! Do not approach the Ṣalāĥ when you areintoxicated until you have enough sense to understand what yousay...’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 5, Sūraĥ al-Nisā, Verse 43)Thus, intoxicants were declared Ḥarām during Ṣalāĥ times.After revelation of the above verse, some people considered itas Ḥarām upon them and said, ‘There is no goodness in such asubstance that becomes an obstacle between us and Ṣalāĥ’, andsome used to abandon it during Ṣalāĥ times. Some peoplewould drink after ‘Ishā Ṣalāĥ so that they could sober up beforeFajr Ṣalāĥ and some would drink after Fajr in order to regainsenses before Ẓuĥr Ṣalāĥ.Once Sayyidunā ‘Itbān bin Mālik invited Muslims ata meal and roasted the head of a camel for them. All ate ittogether and drank alcohol until they got intoxicated. Theybegan boasting and insulting each other. They uttered coupletsand someone read a poem which insulted the Anṣār whilstshowing the pride of his own tribe. An Anṣārī took the jawbone of the camel and hit the head of one of the companions.He was injured severely and presented himself in the blessedcourt of the Most Blessed Prophet ٖ to launchcomplain against that Anṣārī companion. After this incident,Sayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam prayed in thecourt of Allah and requested: ‘O Allah ! Bestow uswith an explicit injunction regarding alcohol. Hence Allah revealed the following commandment:19

ۡMother of Evilsۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡۡ ۡ ۤ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰٓ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ‘O People who Believe! Wine, and gambling, and idols, and thedarts are impure - the works of Satan, therefore keep avoiding themso that you may succeed.’ The devil only seeks to instil hatred andenmity between you with wine and gambling, and to prevent youfrom the remembrance of Allah and from prayer; so have youdesisted?[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 7, Sūraĥ Al-Mai’daĥ, Verse 90-91)This order was revealed after the Battle of Aḥzāb and Sayyidunā‘Umar said, ‘O Allah we have refrained.’ (Mu’allimAl-Tanzīl-lil-Baghwī, Taḥat-tul-Ayaĥ, vol. 1, pp. 140, Ḥadīš 219)Wisdom in stepwise prohibitionSayyidunā Imām Fakhruddīn Rāzī ۡ has reported,‘The wisdom in the stepwise prohibition of alcohol was thatAllah knew that these people are very fond of alcohol andalso earn huge profit from it. If alcohol was prohibited at onceby a single commandment, it would have been difficult for them.Therefore, being kind to them, prohibitions were laid insteps.’ (Al-Tafsīr-ul-Kabīr, Al-Baqaraĥ, Taḥat-tul-Ayaĥ 219, vol. 2, pp. 396)Dear Islamic brothers! It can be deduced from stepwiseprohibition of alcohol that firstly the companions were taught the lesson of purity and cleanliness so that they20

ََُِۡۡۡۡMother of all Evilsthemselves could realise the harmful and damaging effects ofalcohol and thus begin to detest it. When a few unpleasantincidents happened, which were the consequence of alcoholism,everybody started feeling resentment towards alcohol. And so,the ultimate commandment regarding the absolute prohibitionof alcohol was imposed.‏َّدُ ‏َمَ ٰ حم‏َا ٰتَعَ َ احلۡ‏‏ُّو ۡ ا صَ‏ لبِيبص َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُLiking of the Noble Prophetص َ يلَّ‏ ّٰ ُ‏َعَا‏ٰ‏ا ت‏َلَيۡ‏ع‏َّمهلِ‏ ِ َ وَسل‏َاٰ‏هِ‏ وTwo bowls were presented in the court of the Beloved Prophet ٖ in the Night of Mi’rāj (Ascension). There wasmilk in one bowl and alcohol in the other and he was allowedto choose any one from the two. Hence, the Most Beloved Prophet ٖ chose the bowl of milk, it was then said, ‘Youhave chosen nature because if you had opted for the bowl ofalcohol then your Ummaĥ would have gone astray.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim,pp. 104, Ḥadīš 169; Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 2, pp. 437, Ḥadīš 3394)Alarming Madanī pearls about alcohol by A’lāḤaḍrat’s father, Maulānā Naqī ‘Alī KhānMaulānā Naqī ‘Alī Khān has mentioned in his book‘ َ ۡ’ which is famously known as ۡ ‏َل َ حۡ‏ َ َ ۡ َيفِ‏ اوض م ا‏َفۡ‏‏ِسري ترة س ُ وۡ‏‏َلَمۡ‏‏َرش ح ان‘Anwār-e-Jamāl-e-Muṣṭafā’: ‘Alcohol is a cause of heedlessness,and heedlessness is the outcome of worldliness.’ It is commonlyobserved that an intoxicated person walks about here and thereunconsciously, and the one who cannot find an overt path, howwould he be able to find the covert (spiritual) path! If one takesthe meaning of worldliness as ‘fondness towards worldly things’then it is also evident that just like alcohol that makes one lose21

Mother of Evilshis senses, ‘fondness towards worldliness’ also makes onenegligent of Allah and distracts him from pondering overhis afterlife. The way too much consumption of alcohol causesone’s head to spin, likewise the one who hankers after worldlythings has his mind fully and constantly occupied in it. As it issaid that alcohol is the key of all evils; similarly, the love of thisworld is the root cause of all sins.Alcohol is similar to mirage 1 . A person becomes aware of hisignorance when he reaches the mirage, likewise, when a drunkenperson is intoxicated, people laugh at him and he suffersembarrassment on regaining his senses.The difference between ‘Sharāb’ and ‘Sarāb’In the Arabic language the words ‘Sharāb (Alcohol)’ and ‘Sarāb(mirage, or an illusion)’ has a difference of only three dots,pointing towards three alarming Madanī pearls.1. Embarrassment after realisation of mirage lasts for a fewmoments only, whereas the embarrassment caused byalcohol remains with one in all three stages i.e. in theworld, Barzakh (life period after the worldly life and beforethe Day of Judgement) and on the Day of Judgement. Thealcoholic is untrustworthy in the world; he is wretched anddeprived in Barzakh and will be tormented on the Day ofJudgement.2. The word for alcohol, ‘Sharāb,’ is constituted of two words‘Shar’ i.e. all evil and ‘Āb’ i.e. water. Hence, alcohol is such1An effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads, which makes you think you can seethat there is some water which is not there infact.22

Mother of all Evilsbad and abominable water which only contains evil in itand every evil thing has a destructive ending.3. Alcohol is known as Khamr in Arabic. The letter ‘Khā’represents ‘Khabaš’ i.e. immorality, the letter ‘Mīm’symbolises ‘Maqīt’ i.e. loathsome and the letter ‘Rā’ indicatesrefuted. Truly, the alcoholic is immoral, an enemy of Allahand is rejected. No doubt alcohol is the mother of evils andwhoever drinks it, becomes rejected and deserves the wrathof Allah . (Anwār-e-Jamāl-e-Mustafa, pp. 280)Implementation of prohibitionRegular drunkards when realised that alcohol causes thedispleasure of Allah and his Rasūl ٖ instantlydiscarded alcoholism. They discharged it away in the streets,and for many days the odour of alcohol could be smelt from thesurroundings but no one dared to drink it. According to onenarration, the Blessed Prophet ٖ got collected allthe stocks of alcohol from the people of Madinaĥ at one placeand drained it away with his own blessed hands.Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Umar quoted: One day Iwas present in the blessed court of the Merciful Prophet ٖ . Suddenly he ٖ said, ‘Whoeverhas any amount of alcohol available with him should bring itto me!’ Upon listening to this order, all departed towards theirhomes without delay. They brought all their stocks. Some broughtvessels while others fetched containers of alcohol. Wheneveryone had brought what they had, he ٖ said,‘Place all of this alcohol in the ‘field of Baqī’ and let me knowwhen this is done.’ This order was obeyed instantly and whenthe Beloved Rasūl ٖ started walking towards23

Mother of Evils‘Baqī-e-Gharqad’, I also joined him. Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn, SayyidunāAbū Bakr Ṣiddīq met us on the way; the Beloved ofAllah ٖ brought him to his right side and I cameto the left, and after sometime Sayyidunā ‘Umar alsomet us on the way. The Prophet of Allah ٖ tookhim to his left side and I was asked to go behind. We all reachedwhere the alcohol was placed. He ٖ asked thepeople, ‘Do you all know what this is?’ All replied, ‘Yes, OProphet ٖ ! We know that this is alcohol.’ He ٖ said, ‘You have spoken the truth (but remember),concerning alcohol, Allah has cursed alcohol, the one whoextracts it, the one whom it is extracted for, the one who drinksit, the one who serves it, the one who brings it, the one whom itis brought for, the one who sells and buys it, and all those whoeat from its earnings.’ He ٖ then asked for a knife tobe brought and ordered it to be sharpened. When it wassharpened, he ٖ started to slit the leather containersof alcohol. People humbly asked, ‘O Rasūlullāĥ ٖ !If only the alcohol is disposed of and the containers are not slit,they can be reused later on.’ He ٖ replied, ‘I alsoknow this very well but I am doing this to avoid the anger of Allah because I fear that there may be risk of the displeasure ofAllah even in benefiting from these containers.’ WhenSayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq saw the resentment of theNoble Prophet ٖ , he requested, ‘OProphet ٖ ! Please order me! I can easily do that.’But he ٖ said, ‘No, I will do this thing myself.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 5, pp. 199-200, Ḥadīš 7310)The act of the Most Blessed Rasūl ٖ , slitting theleather containers with his own blessed hands was to show theintense resentment that he ٖ had for alcohol.24

ۡMother of all EvilsEven upon the request of Sayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūqhe ٖ did not assigned that task to him.Conduct of the Companions of the Prophet25 ,وَان‏َلَيۡ‏ ‏ّضۡ‏ع هِمُ‏ الرِ‏Regarding the region the companions of the BelovedProphet ٖ belonged to, Sayyidunā Anas bin Mālik has mentioned, ‘When alcohol was prohibited, therewas nothing more lavish for the people of Arabia than alcoholismin those times, and there was no commandment so hard for themthan this prohibition.’ (Mu’allim Al-Tanzīl-lil-Baghawrī, Al-Baqaraĥ,Taḥat-tul-Ayaĥ 219, vol. 1, pp. 140)Dear Islamic brothers! There were many amongst the companionsof the Prophet who, before embracing Islam, werealready aware of the harmful effects of alcohol and would dislike it.Sayyidunā Ḥāfiz Shaĥābuddīn Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar‘Asqalānī Shāfi’ī (died in 852 A.H.) has stated thatSayyidunā ‘Abdul Raḥmān bin ‘Awf is amongst thosewho would consider alcohol Ḥaram even in the era of ignorance.(Al-Aṣābaĥ fī-Tammīz al-Ṣaḥābaĥ, Al-Raqam 5195, ‘Abdur Raḥman bin ‘Awf,vol. 4, pp. 293)It is narrated regarding Sayyidunā ‘Abbās bin Mardās that he was asked in era of ignorance, ‘Why don’tyou drink alcohol whereas it increases the temperature of thebody.’ He replied, ‘I do not hold my ignorance in my own handsto pour it in my stomach and also, being chief of my people, Idon’t like to wake up in the morning having spent my eveninglike a fool.’ (Al-Tafsīr-ul-Kabīr, al-Baqaraĥ, Taḥat-tul-Ayaĥ: 219, vol. 2, pp. 401)When alcohol was prohibited, by that time the teachings ofIslam were so firmly integrated and deeply embedded in the

ََMother of Evilshearts and souls of the companions that bowingtheir heads before any commandment of Allah and his Rasūl ٖ had become a part of their instinct.Sayyidunā Buraīdaĥ has stated: We were three orfour friends who were once drinking alcohol. I stood up andproceeded to the blessed court of the Most Honourable Prophet ٖ and paid Salām. There I came to know that theinjunction of the prohibition of alcohol has been imposed. Irushed towards my friends and recited the verses of prohibitionover there. They were still busy in drinking and holding vesselsin their hands, meaning that they had drunk some alcohol andsome was still remaining in the bottles, but as soon as theycame to know that alcohol has become Ḥarām, they all invoked:نَا‏َيۡ‏تهنَا‏َيۡ‏اِن رَب !‘ تهاِن رَب ! ۡۡ ’ i.e. O our Rab! We abandon alcohol listening‏َا‏َّن‏َا‏َّنto Your commandment. (Tafsīr Al-Ṭabarī, Al-Mai’daĥ, Taḥat-tul-Ayaĥ 91,vol. 5, pp. 36, Ḥadīš 12527, Mafĥumā)Another similar narration is reported from Sayyidunā Anasbin Mālik . He said, ‘We had alcoholmade up from raw dates which was not cooked on fire. I wasserving it to so-and-so. Suddenly a person came and informedus that alcohol has been declared Ḥarām; therefore all of themsaid to me, ‘O Anas! Drain away these pitchers.’ Sayyidunā Anas said, ‘The Companions never arguedabout it after knowing its prohibition and never look at it again.’(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 3, pp. 216, Ḥadīš 4617)Maḥabbat mayn apnī gumā Yā Ilāĥī Na Pāun mayn apna patā Yā Ilāĥī Raĥūn mast-o-bay-khud mayn Tayrī wilā maynPilā jām aysā pilā Yā Ilāĥī 26

Mother of all EvilsMake me lost in Your love, O Allah Such that I even forget about my self O Allah May I remain intoxicated in Your loveMake me sip such a drink, O Allah Difference between a Muslim and a non-MuslimSalute to the blessed companions. As soon as they came to knowthat drinking the alcohol results in displeasure of Allah and HisRasūl ٖ they meticulously refrained from it. Thisis the characteristic and speciality of believers of Islam that theydo not even glance at such things which have been prohibitedby the Beloved Prophet ٖ , due to their firm beliefthat every commandment of Allah and His Rasūl ٖ carries blessings and boons for them. Some American doctorsand thinkers have done research regarding the prohibition ofalcohol in Islam and became astonished realizing the harmfuleffects of alcohol. They thus became committed to save theirnation from this curse through physical, financial, and sincereefforts. The campaign against alcohol continued in full swingfor 14 years in America and Europe. All sophisticated methodsof media were employed in order to evoke abhorrence towardsalcohol amongst the people. According to one reference, 60million US dollars were spent in this campaign. Governmentfaced loss of 2.5 billon British pounds. 300 people were givencapital punishment. About half a million people were imprisoned,heavy fines were imposed and properties were ceased but all invain. Finally government surrendered and alcohol was declaredlegal in 1933.Dear Islamic brothers! This is the real difference betweenMuslims and non-Muslims. When Muslims received thecommandment from their Allah , they even broke those27

Mother of Evilswine glasses which were half drunk and half remaining, whereasnon-Muslims adopted all possible strategies in order toeliminate alcohol from their society but all in vain.Harmful effects of drinkingDear Islamic brothers! Drinking is the cause of numerousphysical and spiritual ailments. It gives birth to several moral,economical and social evils.Economic harms of alcoholTo realize the annual financial deficit caused by alcohol to acountry like Britain in these modern times, read the followingreport released by the British government:According to a government report, the cost to bear theexcessive drinking of alcohol amounts up to 20 billion Britishpounds per annum. According to an estimate of the regulatorybody under the Prime Minister, annually thousands of workinghours are wasted due to being late for or not doing workcorrectly because of drinking. The generation is being sunk inthe abyss of alcoholism. Billions of British pounds are spent inorder to deal with alcoholic related crimes and subsequenteconomic problems. Annually, 22000 people die due to alcoholconsumption.Reporters claim that the harmful effects of excessive alcoholismwould be even more than their estimation. 120000 incidents ofviolence occur every year due to alcohol. 40% of casualties thatare brought in hospitals and emergency departments are victimof alcohol. From midnight until 5 am this figure rises to 70%.About 130 000 children in the country get negative influence28

Mother of all Evilson their personality due to their alcoholic parents and thesechildren suffer serious problems later in their life. These reportsindicate that one out of every three men and one out of everyfive women is drunkard. Besides this, the trend of drinkingalcohol amongst the youth is also on the rise. The age group ofdrinking alcohol as a pastime has now fallen in the range of 16to 24 years. The British ministers are attempting to devise someeffective strategy in order to counter the plague of alcoholism.Medical harms of alcoholAccording to a report, a psychiatrist who has been treatingalcoholics for 30 years has said that people drink in order toattain peace and composure, decrease their temper and toeliminate depression and despair. Instead they become afflictedwith heart complications, blood pressure, sugar and impairmentof liver and kidney.On page 426 of Faīzan-e-Sunnat [the 1548-page publication ofMaktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Abu BilalMuhammad Ilyas ‘Attar Qadiri Razavi hasmentioned: Islam has declared alcohol as Ḥarām, there arecountless reasons and wisdoms in it. Now, even the non-Muslims have begun to address its harmful effects. Accordingto the views of a non-Muslim researcher, initially the humanbody is able to confront the harmful effects and the drinkerexperiences pleasure, but soon the internal strength eventuallydiminishes and the overpowering harmful effects take control.Lever suffers the most adverse effect of alcohol and kidneys facean additional burden; eventually they fail and stop working. Inaddition to that, abundance of alcohol also affects the brain by29

Mother of Evilscausing swelling on it; as a result nerves get weakened andfinally damaged. An alcoholic’s stomach suffers swelling andhis bones are weakened. Alcohol spoils the stored vitamins ofthe body. Specifically vitamin B and C become its victims. Iftobacco is smoked along with drinking, its harms increase and aserious risk of high blood pressure, stroke and a heart attackprevails. A drunkard constantly suffers from tiredness, headaches,nausea and extreme thirst. Excessive drinking causes the heartand breathing to cease and the alcoholic suffers sudden death.Gar aye sharābī miṫay ĥar kharābīChařĥāye gā aysā nashaĥ Madanī MāḥaulAgar chor ḋākū bhi āj āyaīn gey toSudĥar jāyaīn gey gar milā Madanī MāḥaulNamāzayn jo pařĥtay naĥi ĥayn un ko lāraybNamāzī ĥay deytā banā Madanī MāḥaulIf any alcoholic comes, all his faults will vanishSuch positive enthusiasm will impart this Madanī environmentEven robbers or thieves if join this environment, they will mendthemselves by virtue of this Madanī environmentThose who do not offer their daily Ṣalāĥwill become regular in Ṣalāĥ after embracing this MadanīenvironmentSocial harms of drinking(Faīzān-e-Sunnat, pp. 426)Drinking alcohol not only corrupts the character of thealcoholic, it also affects the whole society. Britain claims to bethe torchbearer of the civilised world. But the country’sMetropolitan Police Chief has said in one of his interviewsthat at night, the alcoholics drink excessively and become a greatnuisance to the police. In the current year, in London alone,police assaults have increased by 40%.30

Mother of all EvilsYeĥ ‘Ilm, yeĥ ḥikmat, yeĥ Tadabbur, yeĥ ḥukūmatPītay ĥayn laĥw, daytay ĥayn ta’līm masāwātBay kārī-o-‘auryānī-o-khuwārī-o-iflāsKiyā kam ĥayn farangī madniyyat kay fustuḥātThis knowledge, this wisdom, this contemplation, this regimeThey drink the blood and teach equalityUnemployment, nudity, drinking alcohol and povertyAre these achievements of westerners not enough?When this is the condition of a society which is portrayed asrespected and civilised in these times, that the law enforcers arenot safe from the harms of alcoholics then what will be thecondition of the common people in a society which is uncivilized.Alcoholic cannot recognize family relationsAfter intoxication, the alcoholic becomes indifferent towardshimself, therefore how can he have any consideration for others?Let alone strangers, he becomes unconcerned to his nearest anddearest, thus;Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Umar bin ‘Ās said, ‘I askedthe Noble Prophet ٖ as regards to alcohol.’ He ٖ stated, ‘This is the biggest of sins and is theroot of all evils, the one drinking alcohol misses his Ṣalāĥ and(sometimes) he commits adultery even with his mother, hismaternal aunt or his paternal aunt’. (Majma’-ul-Zawāid, vol. 5, pp. 104,Ḥadīš 8174, Mafĥumā)Alcoholic and his householdsWe have understood from the aforementioned saying of theMost Blessed Prophet ٖ that alcohol is not onlya cause of harms to the alcoholic but its misfortune affects the31

ۡMother of Evilsalcoholic’s entire family. The family’s honour and reputationsuffers, the children begin to detest their father who constantlyremains in a state of intoxication. This is because they remaindeprived of their father’s affection; they do not receive anythingfrom their father other than scolding and beating. Eventuallythe whole system of the household is ruined.Imām ‘Abul Farāj ‘Abdul Raḥmān bin ‘Alī Muḥaddiš Jauzī (died in 597A.H.) has mentioned that in somecases alcohol makes the alcoholic’s wife unlawful for him andhe indulges in adultery. This occurs in the situation where thealcoholic frequently becomes so intoxicated that he gives divorceand sometimes he breaks his oaths unconsciously and commitsadultery with his wife who had been unlawful for him byvirtue of that oath. It is the verdict of some Ṣaḥābaĥ ,‘Whoever marries his daughter to an alcoholic it is as if he haspresented his daughter for adultery.’ (Baḥr-ud-Dumū’, pp. 215)According to a recent survey conducted in Britain, the chancesof becoming addicted to alcohol are double for those childrenwho are exposed to drunken parents. According to those carryingout the survey, the association with the habit of alcoholism inchildhood is also caused by parents not providing properguardianship, whereas the company of bad friends can also be amajor contributing factor for an inclination towards alcoholism.According to that survey, the more time that is spent in thecompany of alcoholic friends, the greater the risk of submittingto alcoholism. Within this survey, the habits and behaviours of5700 boys and girls aged between 13 and 16 were analysed, outof which one in every five told that he first drank alcohol at theage of 14. Half of these children, meaning approximately 2625admitted to start drinking alcohol at the age of 16. The head of32

Mother of all Evilsthe organisation namely ‘Alcohol Concern’ working to minimisealcoholism in Britain has stated that this survey proves thatparents have a great effect on the disapproved habits in a child’searly life. A key lady researcher of this organisation has said, ‘Itis derived from this research that behaviours of parents andfriends affect the children.’Remain distant from alcoholicsIslam is a complete code of life. It had advised that salvation liesin distancing oneself from the company of alcoholics.Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Amr has stated, ‘Do notvisit an alcoholic when he becomes ill.’ (Al-Adab-ul-Mufrid-lil-Bukhārī, pp. 140, Ḥadīš 529)Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad bin Ismā’īl Bukhārīhas reported, ‘Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Amr to make ‘Salām’ to alcoholics.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 4, pp. 173)33 ۡ forbadeThe Beloved and Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘Neithersit in the company of alcoholics nor visit them if they are ill,and do not participate in their funeral Ṣalāĥ. An alcoholic willcome on the Day of Judgement in such a state that his face wouldhave turned black, his tongue would be hanging out towards hischest, saliva would be drooling out of his mouth and everyonelooking at will hate him.’ (Al-Kāmil fī-Ḍu’fā al-Rijāl, Al-Raqm 399, al-Ḥakīmbin ‘Abdullaĥ, vol. 2, pp. 502)Some scholars of Islam have stated the reason fornot making ‘Salām’ to an alcoholic. An alcoholic is a ‘Fāsiq-o-Mal’ūn’ i.e. he commits sin openly and is cursed, as the Holy

ۡۡۡۡMother of EvilsProphet ٖ has cursed him. Hence, if someonebought the ingredients or tools and prepared alcohol, he iscursed twice, and if he served it to another, he is cursed thrice.This is the reason why it is prohibited to visit him during hisillness and to greet him with ‘Salām’ unless he repents i.e. if hemakes sincere repentance then Allah will accept hisrepentance.And so, it is established that a man is known by the company hekeeps. Good company of pious people makes one pious and badcompany makes one sinful. It is for this reason that the NobleProphet ٖ prevented us from keeping the companyof alcoholics. Here it would be beneficial to mention a fewMadanī pearls of Sayyidunā Ja’far Ṣādiq as a lessonwhich he delivered upon repeated requests of Sayyidunā SufyānŠaurī .Madanī pearls from a prince of the ProphetOn page 75 of the book ‘Jaĥannam main lay Jānay wālay A’māl’,volume 1 [the 853-page publication of Maktabaĥ-tul-Madīnaĥ,the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is stated:Sayyidunā Sufyān Šaurī has said, ‘I presented myselfin the court of Sayyidunā Imām Ja’far Ṣādiq andrequested, ‘O prince of the Beloved Rasūl ٖ !Please provide me with some words of advice. He instructedtwo things; ‘O Sufyān! (i) Courtesy is not meant for the liar andcomfort is not meant for the envious (ii) brotherhood is notmeant for narrow-hearted people and leadership is not meantfor the bad-mannered.’34

ۡ ۡ ۡۡۡۡ ٰٰۡۡۡۡۡۡMother of all EvilsI replied, ‘O Prince of the Rasūl ٖ , enlighten mefurther’, he then said: ‘O Sufyān! (1) One who refrains fromthings declared Ḥaram (prohibited) by Allah becomes wise(2) if you stay content with the distribution that Allah has determined for you, you will become from amongst thosewho bow down in thankfulness, (3) meet the people in such away that you wish to be met by them; in this way you willbecome faithful (4) do not sit in the company of an adulterer,perhaps he may induce you towards his sinful ways. It is beenreported, ‘A person is upon the religion of his friend, thus, leteach of you consider whom he befriends.’ (Jami’ Tirmiżī’, vol. 4, pp. 127,Ḥadīš 2385) (5) and seek advice in your matters from those whofear Allah .’ I replied, ‘O Prince of the Rasūl ٖ ,enlighten me further’, and he said ‘O Sufyān! Whoever desiresrespect without being from a respectable family, and power andgrandeur without being a ruler then he should remove himselffrom the abyss of the disobedience of Allah and cometowards the obedience of Allah .’ I replied, ‘O Prince ofthe Prophet ٖ , grant me further advice’, he thensaid: ‘My honourable father taught me three things by saying:O my son! (i) whoever keeps the company of an evil person, heis never safe, (ii) whoever goes to a place of evil, allegations aremade against him, (iii) whoever cannot control his tongue, hewill be ashamed.’ (Jaĥannam main lay Jānay wālay A’māl, vol. 1, pp. 75)Alcohol and Satanۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ 35 ۡ ۡ ٰۡ ۡ

ُۡ ي ‏َنMother of Evils‘The devil only seeks to instil hatred and enmity between you withwine and gambling and to prevent you from the remembrance ofAllah and from Ṣalāĥ; so have you desisted?’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 7, Sūraĥ al-Māidaĥ, Verse 91)Dear Islamic brothers! The following two facts are evident fromthis verse of the Glorious Quran; (1) alcohol prevents from theremembrance of Allah and offering Ṣalāĥ, (2) it becomes acause of enmity and malice. Satan is an open enemy of mankind,he can never be well-wisher; instead he remains busy in theefforts to somehow deviate a person from the right path. Thus,the Holy Prophet ٖ has said, ‘Whoever missesone Ṣalāĥ in the state of intoxication, it is as if he had the worldand all that it contains but all were grabbed from him’. (Al-MusnadImām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, vol. 2, pp. 593, Ḥadīš 6671) In another narrationit is mentioned, ‘Whoever misses four Ṣalāĥs in the state ofintoxication, Allah has the right to make him drink fromَ ۡ. It was asked, ‘What is اخل بَالَ ۡIt was replied, ‘The pus ‏’?طِ‏ بَالة اخل‏َةُ‏ينطِ‏ ۡof the inmates of Hell.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 5, pp. 202, Ḥadīš 7315)Tū nashay say bāz ā mat pī sharābDo jaĥān ĥo jāye gey warnaĥ karābRefrain yourself from intoxicationOtherwise your both lives will be disgracedSatan of alcoholicsAmīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat Ḥaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Abu BilalMuhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi has statedon page 40 of his book, Faīzān-e-Bismillāĥ [the 176-pagepublication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing departmentof Dawat-e-Islami]: ‘Satan has numerous progeny who have been36

َُْْ ُ ََّْ ََََ َُْMother of all Evilsassigned various duties. Ḥaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Ibn-e-Ḥajar ‘AsqalānīShāfi’ī ہ has reported that Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn Sayyidunā‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam said, ‘Satan’s progenycomprises of 9 devils:(Zalītūn) زيلِ‏ ْ ون 1.تم ‏َّرة .6ُ(Murraĥ)2.3.وثِ‏ (Wašīn) نيلق (Laqūs) وس7.8.وطِّ (Musawwiṭ)مسَ(Dāsim) دا ‏ِس م(A’wān) اع ‏َو نا .4(Walĥān) ا وَله ن .9(Ĥaffāf) ا هف ف .5From these the one named Ĥaffāf is attached with the alcoholics.(Al-Munabbiĥāt-lil-‘Asqalānī, pp. 93-94, Mulkhiṣān) Thus, when a personis entrapped by the Satan named Ĥaffāf, he overlooks thecommandments of Allah . As soon as he adopts the companyof Satan, the first thing he loses is his intellect.’Alcohol and the intellectThe worst effect of alcohol is that it kills the intellect which is asuper and outstanding attribute of mankind. When alcohol isthe enemy of the greatest attribute of that of intellect then onlythis reason is sufficient for its condemnation. This is due to thefact that the intellect is called ‘intellect’ because it prevents arational person from evil deeds which his inner being inclineshim towards. Therefore, when one drinks alcohol, his intellectthat prevents him from bad deeds, is vanished, he then drawsclose to vices. As alcohol is also naturally one of those evils,hence, he does not only drink it, but (because of it) he goes into a37

ََُُُِِِّّٰۡۡۡۡۡMother of Evilsstate of intoxication and commits other sins and when his intellectresumes, he becomes aware of reality. (Al-Tafsīr-ul-Kabīr, al-Baqaraĥ,Taḥat-ul-Ayaĥ 219, vol. 2, pp. 400, Mafĥumā)Alcoholic performing Wuḍū with urineSayyidunā Imām Ibn-e-Abī ad-Dunyā , said that oncehe passed by a person who was intoxicated due to alcohol; hewas urinating on his hands and was washing them likeperforming wūḍu (ritual ablution). He was saying:مَ‏ َ38ِ‏َحلۡ‏مد ا‏َعَلَ‏اذلى جرًا اس‏ُوۡ‏مَآ ‏َء ن‏َّالۡ‏طهورًا وMeaning: All praise is to Allah who made Islam Nūr (Divine light)and water a purifier. (Az-Zawājir ‘Aniqtirāf-il-Kabāir, vol. 2, pp. 298)The alcoholic’s never ending desireAs drinking is the violation of commandments of Allah ,thus when a person embarks upon this path of sins, he distanceshimself from the mercy of Allah and sinks further into theabyss of disobedience. In this way, want and the craving foralcohol engulfs his heart to such an extent that nothing butalcohol alleviates him and as compared to other sins, he feelsmore difficulty in refraining from alcohol. On page 292 of‘Anson ka Daryā’ [the 300-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madinaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it ismentioned: A saint of Islam reported, ‘I witnessed a person atthe time of his death. Whenever he was advised to invokeKalimaĥ Ṭayyibaĥ (First article of Faith) he would utter, ‘Youall drink and make me drink too.’ (Baḥr-ud-Dumū’, pp. 216)Imām Abul ‘Abbās Aḥmad bin Muhammad bin ‘Alī bin ḤajrMakkī Shāfi’ī has mentioned in his book

رِ‏َۡۡ‏َاجِر اَلز‏َنۡ‏ ‏َّوع‏َا ‏ِف الكبَائاِق رتِ‏Mother of all Evils, regarding such addicts of alcohol, thatwhen a person falls into another sin besides drinking alcohol,when the desire for that sin is fulfilled then he moves away fromit. However, drinking alcohol is such a sin that its addict neverstops, once he commences drinking he continues to drink andhis desire for more and more increases. Do you not see theadulterer; his desire is fulfilled just by committing the sin once,whereas once an alcoholic begins drinking he continues todrink, bodily lust overtakes him; as a result he becomesnegligent of afterlife. Therefore, he is considered amongstthose transgressors who have forgotten Allah , and soAllah has made them unmindful of their own lives. (Az-Zawājir ‘Aniqtirāf-il-Kabāir, vol. 2, pp. 298)The biggest sin of allIt has been narrated by Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Umar that once, after the apparent demise of the MercifulProphet ٖ , Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn Sayyidunā AbūBakr Siddique and Amīr-ul-Mumīnīn Sayyidunā‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam and some other companions were sitting together and the discussion turnedtowards the biggest sin of all, but they couldn’t be certain whatthat was and so they sent me to Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Umarbin al-‘Āṣ to ask him. He told me, ‘The biggest sinof all is drinking.’ I returned to inform them of this but theyrefused to accept it and immediately went to the house ofSayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Umar bin al-‘Āṣ whotold them that the Beloved Prophet ٖ has stated,‘Once one of the King of Banī Isrāīl captured a person and offeredhim the choice of drinking, killing someone, committing adulteryor eating the flesh of swine, otherwise he would kill him, thus39

Mother of Evilshe chose to drink alcohol. When he had drunk alcohol he carriedout all the acts which the king wanted him to carry out.’(Al-Mustadrak, vol. 5, pp. 203, Ḥadīš 7318)Blind alcoholicOn page 427 of Faīzan-e-Sunnat [the 1548-page publication ofMaktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Abu BilalMuhammad Ilyas ‘Attar Qadiri Razavi has stated:‘I (Sag-e-Madīnaĥ ۡ ) remember very well that a flamboyantstrong youngster used to work in Jurīyā Bazār (Bāb-ul-MadīnaĥKarachi). He was very famous because of being strong andtalkative. A time came when he became blind and he would goabout begging with extreme dejection. Upon inquiring, I cameto know that he was an alcoholic and once due to drinkingsome defective alcohol, his eye-sight was lost.’Kar ley tawbaĥ aur tū mat pī sharābĤaungay warnaĥ do jaĥān tayray karābJo jūwā kĥilay, pīye nādān sharābQabar-o-Ḥashr-o-Nār mayn pāey AżābRepent and never drink alcoholOr else your both lives will be destroyedIf you gamble or drink alcoholYou will deserve the torment in the grave and on the Judgment DayAlcohol and death(Faīzan-e-Sunnat, pp. 427)The alcoholic drinks to gain the pleasures of life, however, thisunwise person does not realise that he is drinking poison,considering it to be a cure for him. Accordingly, in July 200840

Mother of all Evilsin Gujarat (India), 107 people and in 2007 at Karnataka (India)and in Tamil Nādu (India) approximately 150 people perishedafter drinking some poisonous alcohol. Also, in Bāb-ul-Madīnaĥ(Karachi) 40 people died in just 3 days as a result of consumingpoisonous alcohol in 2007.One western researcher said that 51% of people die when theybecome habitual of alcohol between the ages of 12 and 23,whereas even 10% of those who do not drink alcohol do not dieat this age. Another famous researcher has said that a 20 yearold youth, who has the ability to live until the age of 50, cannotlive beyond the age of 35 because of drinking. It is furtherevident from the data of life insurance companies that thealcoholic’s life span is 25 to 30% less compared to others.Dear Islamic brothers! Due to these countless harms of drinking,Islam has forever ruled alcohol as Ḥarām (prohibited).Attempts to prohibit alcoholIn Milan, Europe, which is the homeland of alcohol sincecenturies, the government has placed a prohibition on theunderage from buying alcohol in order to restrict excessivedrinking. If any boy or girl under 16 gets caught in while in astate of alcoholic intoxication, their parents could be held topay a fine of almost 500 euros. According to one report, everythird child in the city aged up to 11 years is encountering somesort of problem, relating to alcoholism. In one such countrywhere wine has become a part of their local culture, prohibitionfor the people is quite strange. The increasing rate of alcoholismamongst the youth of the country and particularly those agedup to 11 years has become a means of severe apprehension.Currently there is a ban on under-16s on buying alcohol from41

Mother of Evilspubs, restaurants, pizza and alcoholic outlets. If the law is notcomplied with, the parents or the shop owner, where from thealcohol is bought, will face fine.Dear Islamic brothers! The countries of the world, who claim tobe civilised, are doing everything possible to save their younggeneration from the harms of alcohol and heavy penalties arebeing imposed upon people in this regard. However let us seehow Islam has instructed the Ummaĥ in terms of prohibitingalcohol.Alcohol had become an integral part of life in the Arab cultureand to distance people from it was not easy. Therefore, Islaminitially made people aware of the harmful effects of alcohol sothat their want for alcohol could be replaced with hatred.Gradually it was ruled as Ḥarām forever. There are many sayingsof the Beloved Prophet ٖ for our guidance in thisregard which have clearly stated how to refrain from it,understand its harms and to gain the Madanī mindset ofrefraining from it along with the message of reflecting about theafterlife.Alcoholic and his faithThose who were rescued from the valleys of unbelief andentered the folds of Islam were aware of the worth and value oftheir Iman (faith). They had obtained that treasure after somany hardships. Therefore, they were informed that they shouldabandon alcohol because it can cause harm to their wealth(faith) which was achieved after facing so many hardships.42

Five sayings of the Prophetregarding an alcoholic43ُ ّٰMother of all Evilsص َ يلَّ‏‏َعَا‏ٰ‏ا ت‏َلَيۡ‏ع‏َّمهلِ‏ ِ َ وَسل‏َاٰ‏هِ‏ و1. The one who drinks alcohol in the morning, remains like aMushrik (polytheist) for the entire day (being ignorant ofremembering Allah ) until the evening falls, and onewho drinks alcohol in the evening, remains like a Mushrikfor the whole night (being neglectful of the remembranceof Allah ) until morning falls. (Al-Muṣannaf-lil-‘Abdur Razzāq,vol. 9, pp. 149, Ḥadīš 17383, Maltaqṭā)2. When an adulterer commits adultery, he is not a believer,when a thief commits theft, he is not a believer and alsowhen an alcoholic drinks, he is not a believer. (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim,pp. 48, Ḥadīš 57)3. Whoever committed adultery or drank alcohol, he lost hisbonding with Islam. Then, if he repents, Allah willaccept his repentance. (Sunan al-Nasāī, pp. 783, Ḥadīš 4882, Maltaqṭā)4. Whoever drinks alcohol, Allah eliminates the light offaith from his heart. (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsaṭ, vol. 1, pp. 110, Ḥadīš 341)5. Whoever commits adultery or drinks alcohol, Allah removes his faith from him just as one removes his shirtfrom over his head. (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 176, Ḥadīš 65)Andĥayrī qabr kā dil say naĥīn nikaltā ḋarKarūn gā kyā jo Tū nārāz ĥo gaya Yā RābGunāĥgār ĥaun mayn lāiq-e-Jaĥannam ĥoKaram say bakhsh day Mujĥ ko naĥ day sazā Yā RābBurāyīaun paĥ pashaymā ĥo raĥam farmā dayĤay Tayray Qaĥar paĥ ḥāwī Tayrī ‘aṭā Yā Rāb

Mother of EvilsFear of the dark grave doesn’t go awayIf You became displeased what will I do, O AllahI am sinful and deserve HellPlease forgive and do not torment me, O AllahI am guilty of my sins, please shower Your mercyYour mercy is dominant over Your anger, O AllahFate of heedless alcoholicsThose who were brought up and trained in the blessed companyof the Beloved Prophet ٖ when realised thatalcohol is the cause to lose their treasure of faith, they rejectedalcohol for the sake of protection of their priceless treasure, butthose who receive this invaluable treasure of Islamic faith forfree and don’t have to sacrifice nor face hardships for their faith,they become heedless regarding their faith, by drinking alcohol.Such people should ponder, are they not giving Satan anopportunity to capture their faith? Alas, ponder what if a personis in a drunken state and the Angel of Death arrives at that verymoment to inform that his lifetime is over now and he is aboutto face accountability. If he did not get the chance of repentance,what will happen with him! The Beloved Prophet of Islam ٖ has already warned such heedless drunkardssaying, ‘If a drunkard died (without repentance), he will bepresented in the court of Allah as a worshipper of idols.’(Al-Musnad-lil-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, vol. 1, pp. 583, Ḥadīš 2453)Bay wafā dunyā paĥ mat kar I’tabārTu achānak maut kā ĥogā shikkārMoat ā kar ĥī raĥay gī yād rakĥ!Jān jā kar ĥī raĥī gī yād rakĥ!Gar jaĥān mayn so bars tū jī bĥī leyQabr mayn tanĥā qiyāmat tak raĥay44

Mother of all EvilsDo not trust this unreliable worldYou will suddenly die one dayDeath will surely come, keep in mindThe Soul will surely depart, bear in mindEven if you survive a hundred years in this worldYou will live in the grave alone until the Last DaySayyidunā Ibn-e-Abī Aufā has stated, “The one whodied as a regular drinker has died like worshipper of ‘ ‏ّى ٰ ’.”45‏ُزَ ت و عWhen it was enquired from him, ‘Who is a regular drinker? Ishe the one who remains intoxicated with alcohol all the time?’He said, ‘No, the ‘regular alcoholic’ is one who drinks alcoholwhenever he gets it, even if he acquires it after several years.’(Kitāb-ul-Kabāir al-Żaĥbī, pp. 92, Al-Raqm 445, al-Ḥassan bin ‘Ammāraĥ, vol. 3,pp. 104)Sayyidunā Abū Mūsā has quoted (from his father)that he used to say, ‘I don’t see any difference between drinkingalcohol and worshiping a pillar leaving Allah .’ (Sunan al-Nasāī, pp. 894, Ḥadīš 5676)On page 558 of ‘Jaĥannam main lay Jānay wālay A’māl’,Volume 2 [the 1012-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ,the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is mentioned:‘Here, it means that alcohol and idol worshiping are closelyrelated in terms of being sin.’ It is narrated with regards to thecompanions that when alcohol was declared Ḥarām,some of them went to see their friends and said, ‘Alcohol hasbeen declared as Ḥarām and classed equal to polytheism (interms of being sin).’ (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabāir, vol. 12, pp. 30, Ḥadīš 12399)Drinking alcohol as a medicineAlcohol is not permissible even for medication. The Mother ofBelievers, Sayyidatunā Umm-e-Salamaĥ has said,

Mother of Evils‘Once my daughter fell ill so I prepared ‘Nabīz’ (an extract) forher in a container. When the Beloved Prophet ٖ came, that ‘Nabīz’ was foaming (meaning, froth had developedin it). He ٖ asked, ‘O Umm-e-Salamaĥ ,what is this? I told Rasūlullāĥ ٖ that my daughterwas ill and I needed to prepare this ‘Nabīz’ for her. He ٖ said, ‘A thing which Allah has declaredḤarām for my Ummaĥ, there is no cure in it for them.’ (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabīr, vol. 23, pp. 326, Ḥadīš 749)It is thus evident that whatever is declared prohibited by Allah and His Rasūl ٖ has no cure in it.Sayyidunā Abū ‘Abdullāĥ Muhammad bin Muhammad AbdarīFāsī Mālikī , famously known as Ibn-ul-Ḥāj (died in‏َل ۡ خَل ( ‘Al-Madkhal’ 737A.H.) has quoted in his book) that it is‏َدۡ‏ا مderived from the above mentioned Ḥadīš that, whatever isdeclared Ḥarām, blessings are vanished from its usage. (Al-Madkhal, vol. 2, pp. 307)Deprivation from Īmān due to alcoholSayyidunā Fuḍayl bin ‘Ayāz came to one of hisstudents at the time of his death and started reciting ‘Sūraĥ al-Yāsīn’. The student responded, ‘Stop reciting ‘Sūraĥ al-Yāsīn.’He advised him to recite the Kalimaĥ (Article of Faith).He said, ‘I will never recite this Kalimaĥ and I am annoyed of it.’He died just after uttering these words. Sayyidunā Fuḍayl bin‘Ayāz was extremely shocked by the bad end of hisstudent. He wept for forty days at his home. After forty days, hedreamt the angels dragging that student towards the Hellfire. He enquired from him, ‘For what reason Allah ceased your gnosis? You had high rank amongst my students!’46

Mother of all EvilsHe replied, ‘Due to three reasons: (i) tale telling i.e. I used to sayone thing to my companions and a different thing to you, (ii)jealousy, I would become jealous with my friends, (iii) drinkingalcohol i.e. I used to drink one glass of alcohol every year as perthe doctor’s prescription as a remedy for one of my ailment.Gĥup andĥayrī qabr mayn jab jāye gāBe ‘amal! Bay intayĥā gĥabrāye gāKām māl-o-Zar waĥān nā aye gāGhāfil insān yād rakĥ pacĥtāye gāWhen you will be laid in the dark graveO the one not practising your religion, you will be afraidYour wealth will not help you there at allO the heedless one, you will suffer setbackWhen the one who drank alcohol as a medicine had such a badend then imagine what will be the condition of those who drinkit without any excuse. We seek help from Allah from everycalamity and affliction.A foolish argumentSome foolish people satisfy themselves with lame excuses thatalcohol is Ḥarām, whereas we drink whisky, brandy, beer andchampagne, etc. that are not alcohol. By such excuses thesefoolish people try to call a donkey as a horse but a donkey is adonkey and a horse is a horse. Changing the names doesn’tinvalidate the ruling as alcohol remains as alcohol. However,the Holy Prophet ٖ addressed such unwise peoplecenturies ago as, ‘Some people in my Ummaĥ will drink alcoholby changing its name; instruments of music will be playedaround them and lady singers will sing songs. Allah will47

ۡ ۡ ۡۡۡۡ ٰٰۡۡۡۡۡۡMother of Evilsbury them in the earth and some of them will be turned intomonkeys and pigs.’ (Sunan Ibn-e-Mājaĥ, vol. 4, pp. 368, Ḥadīš 4020)Ten harms of alcoholismImām ‘Abul Farāj ‘Abdur Raḥman bin ‘Alī Muḥaddiš Jauzī ۡ (died in 597 A.H.) has stated in Bahr-ud-Dumū’‏ُو ۡ ع)‏‏ُّم‏:(حبَ‏ ۡ رُ‏ ادلRemember! Drinking has 10 harmful effects:1. It impairs the intellect of a person and he becomes acomical for children. Imām Ibn-e-Abī Dunyā stated, ‘I saw an alcoholic passing urine and applying itover his face and saying: O Allah ! Include me amongstthose who repent excessively and remain pure.’ He furtherquoted, ‘I saw an intoxicated person who had vomited anda dog was licking his face. The drunk person was saying tothe dog that O my master! May Allah give you sainthoodlike the friends of Allah .’ 2. It wastes and destroys money and causes deprivation.Sayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq al-A’ẓam prayed inthe court of Allah and requested: ‘O Allah !Bestow us with an appropriate ruling regarding alcoholbecause it wastes the money and destroys the intellect.’3. Alcohol causes hatred and enmity. Allah has said:ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ 48 ۡ ۡ ٰۡ ۡ

Mother of all EvilsThe devil only seeks to instil hatred and enmity between you withwine and gambling, and to prevent you from the remembrance ofAllah and from Ṣalāĥ; so have you desisted?[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 7, Sūraĥ al-Mai’daĥ, Verse 91)When this verse was revealed, Sayyidunā ‘Umar‘O Allah ! We have renounced it.’49 said,10. Alcohol deprives the alcoholic from the taste of food andsensible talk.11. Sometimes alcohol makes an alcoholic’s wife Ḥarām uponhim, and even after this, he lives with his wife in a state ofadultery. As an example, an alcoholic often divorces hiswife whilst drunk; afterwards he often forgets what he hasdone. As a result he commits adultery with her as shebecomes Ḥarām for him due to divorce.It is quoted from some companions , ‘Whoevermarried his daughter to an alcoholic, it is as if he presentedhis daughter for adultery.’12. Alcohol is the key to every evil as it hurls an alcoholicinto many sins.As it is quoted regarding Sayyidunā ‘Ušmān Ghanī that he had mentioned in his sermon,‘O people! Keep refraining from alcohol because it is theroot cause of all evils.’13. It takes the alcoholic into the company of wrongdoers. Dueto its bad smell the Angels that record deeds get disgusted.14. It shuts the portals of the skies for alcoholic for forty daysand none of his deeds nor du’ās reach there.

ۡMother of Evils15. Drinking alcohol makes punishment of 80 lashes dueupon an alcoholic. Even if he escapes this punishment inthe world, he will be lashed in front of all people on theDay of Judgment.16. It places the life and faith of an alcoholic at risk; thereforethere remains the possibility of faith being ceased at thetime of death. (Bahar-ud-Dumū’, pp 214)Curse upon the alcoholicThe Great Prophet ٖ has cursed 10 people withregards to alcohol:(1) Producer (2) The one ordering its produce (3) Drinker (4)One who carries it (5) The one who orders to carry it (6) Onewho serves it (7) Seller (8) The one who consumes its earnings(9) Buyer (10) The one who orders to buy it. (Sunan Tirmiżī, vol. 3,pp. 47, Ḥadīš 1299)Imām Muhammad bin ‘Ušmān-az-Żaĥabī (died in748 A.H.) has mentioned in ‘Kitāb-ul-Kabāir’ that an alcoholicis ‘Fāsiq-o-Mal’ūn’ i.e. a sinner and a cursed one, because Allah and His Prophet ٖ have cursed him. Therefore,if one buys something which is used in preparing alcohol withthe intention of preparing alcohol, he will be cursed once. Then,if he prepared alcohol, he will be cursed twice and after producingif he serves it to someone, he will be cursed thrice. (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir, pp. 94, Mafĥumā)Hatred for even a drop of alcoholAmīr-ul-Mumīnīn Sayyidunā `Alī al-Murtaḍā has said, ‘If a drop of alcohol drops into a well and then a50

ْMother of all Evilsminaret is constructed at that very place, I will not invoke ‘Ażān’on it. If a drop of alcohol drops into a river and later that riverdries up and grass grows in it, I will not let my animals graze inthat field.’ (Tafsīr Kitāb, Part 2, Sūraĥ al-Baqaraĥ, Taḥat-ul-Ayaĥ 219, vol. 1,pp. 260)Punishment for drinking one sip of alcoholThe Most Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘Allah hassent me as a mercy and guidance for all the worlds and hasordered me to break the musical instruments, the fiddle anddrum and to shatter the idols which were worshiped in the eraof ignorance. Swearing oath of His Magnificence, Allah said that the person who drank a sip of alcohol, I will make himdrink the boiling water of Hell whether he had been tormentedor forgiven, and My believer who will not drink alcohol out ofMy fear; I will make him drink the (pure) alcohol of Paradise.’(Al-Musnad-lil-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, vol. 8, pp. 286, Ḥadīš 22281, Maltaqṭā)Kar ley tawbaĥ Rab kī raḥmat ĥay bařīQabr mayn warnaĥ sazā ĥo gī kařīDo repent, the mercy of Allah is so immenseOtherwise there will be torching torment in the graveIt has been reported that the Merciful Prophet ٖ said, ‘Whoever drinks one sip of alcohol, Allah will neitheraccept his Farḍ nor Nafl for three days and the one who drinks aglass of alcohol, Allah will not accept any of his Ṣalāĥ forforty days, and the one who drinks alcohol regularly, Allah holdsَ ْthe right to make him drink from ‘Naĥr-ul-Khabāl’ ( نَ‏ بَال ). Itwas asked, ‘O Prophet ٖ of Allah ! What isNaĥr-ul-Khabāl?’ He ٖ replied, ‘The pus of the51ه ‏ُر اخل

ُْ َMother of Evilspeople of Hell.’ (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabāir, vol. 11, pp. 154, Ḥadīš 11465;Attarghīb-wat-Tarĥīb, vol. 3, pp. 208, Ḥadīš 3626)The wrath of Allah upon alcoholicThe Beloved Prophet ٖ has said, ‘The one whodrinks alcohol, Allah remains displeased with him for fortydays, and the alcoholic has no idea that perhaps he may dieduring those forty nights. If he drinks again, Allah will bedispleased with him for a further forty days and the alcoholic isunaware that he may die within these nights. If he drinks again,Allah will be displeased with him for another forty days,and when these days add up to 120 days and if he drinks againَ ۡرَد بَال ( ‘Radgha-tul-Khabāl then he will be made to enterۡ ).’ Itغة اخلwas asked, ‘What is Radgha-tul-Khabāl. It was replied, ‘Sweatand pus of the people of Hell.’ (Az-Zawājir ‘Aniqtirāf-il-Kabāir, vol. 2,pp. 310; Sunan Ibn-e-Mājaĥ, vol. 4, pp. 62, Ḥadīš 3377)The Most Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘Whoeverdrank alcohol, Allah will not be pleased with him for fortydays. If he dies (during that period) in that condition, he willdie in the state of ‘Kufr’ i.e. infidelity 1 ; if he repents, Allah will accept his repentance and if he drinks again, Allah holds the right to make him drink from ‘Ṭīna-tul-Khabāl(َ ْIt was asked, ‘O Prophet ٖ ‏.’(طِ‏ بَال ! What isṬīna-tul-Khabāl?’ He ٖ replied, ‘The pus of theاخل‏َةُ‏ين1There is a condition for an alcoholic to become ‘Kāfir’ i.e. an infidel and this is so if hedrinks alcohol while believing it to be Ḥalāl i.e. permissible. It is mentioned in ‘Baḥr-e-Sharī’at’: ‘It is Kufr (unbelief) to believe anything Ḥarām which is proven permissible from‘Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī’ and to believe anything Ḥalāl which is declared clearly Ḥarām (prohibited),whereas that thing is from ‘Ḍarurīyāt-e-Dīn’ i.e. Essentials of Religion and the denier isaware of its ‘Ḥukum-e-Qaṭ’ī.’ (Baĥr-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 176) The prohibition of alcohol is provenfrom Naṣ-e-Qaṭ’ī.52

ْMother of all Evilspeople of Hell.’ (Al-Musnad-lil-Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, vol. 10, pp. 443,Ḥadīš 27674, Maltaqṭā)Alcoholic and his ṢalāĥIslam described several measures in order to keep Muslimsaway from the evil of alcohol. One of these measures was tomention the evil effects of it so that people would refrain fromit. One of its harms is that the ‘Ṣalāĥ’ of an alcoholic is notaccepted for forty days.The Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘Any person fromamongst my Ummaĥ who drinks alcohol, his Ṣalāĥ will not beaccepted for forty days.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 537, Ḥadīš 984)The Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘Whoever drankalcohol, his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days, howeverif he repents, Allah accepts his repentance, however if hedrinks again, his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days butif he repents, Allah will accept his repentance, (for a thirdtime) if he drinks again his Ṣalāĥ will not be accepted for fortydays but if he repents, even this time Allah will accept hisrepentance, but if he drinks again (for the fourth time) hisṢalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days and now even if herepents, Allah will not accept his repentance whereas Allah will make him drink from ‘Naĥr-ul-Khabāl (َ ۡ).’ It was نَ‏ بَالهرُاخلasked from the narrator, ‘What is Naĥr-ul-Khabāl?’ He replied,‘The canal that will stream from the pus of the people of Hell.’(Sunan Tirmiżī, vol. 3, pp. 341, Ḥadīš 1869)Mujrimun kay wāsṭay Dūzakh bĥī sho’laĥ bār ĥayĤar gunāĥ qaṣdān kīyā ĥay is ka iqrār ĥayĤāye! Nā farmānīyān badkārīyān bay bā-kīyāAĥ! Nāmay main gunāĥaun kī bařī bĥar mār ĥay53

Mother of EvilsHellfire is blazing for the criminalsI admit that I committed sins deliberatelyDisobedience, wrongdoings, sinsAlas! My Book of Deeds is full of sinsThe Beloved and Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘The onewho drank alcohol but not suffered intoxication, his Ṣalāĥ willnot be accepted until that alcohol remains in his stomach andveins, and if he dies (during that period), he will die in the stateof Kufr. If (because of alcohol) he suffered intoxication, hisṢalāĥ will not be accepted for forty days and if during thatperiod he dies, he will die in the state of Kufr.’ (Sunan al-Nasāī,pp. 895, Ḥadīš 5679)The Beloved Rasūl ٖ said, ‘Whoever consumedalcohol and put it in his stomach, his Ṣalāĥ will not be acceptedfor seven days, and if during that period he dies, he will die inthe state of Kufr (unbelief).’ Furthermore, He ٖ said, ‘If alcohol caused to damage his senses and some Farḍbecame suspended.’ It is stated in another narration, ‘If alcoholcaused him to forget the Quran, then his Ṣalāĥ will not beaccepted for forty days, and if during that period he dies, he willdie in the state of Kufr.’ (ibid, Ḥadīš 5680)Fifteen causes for the decline of MuslimsThe Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘When my Ummaĥwill indulge in fifteen things, it will be overcome by calamites.’It was enquired, ‘O Rasūl ٖ ! What are those?’ He ٖ said: (1) When war booties will be considered aspersonal wealth, (2) entrusted items will be considered as warbootees and (3) Zakāĥ will be considered fine, (4) man will obeyhis wife and (5) disobey his mother, (6) he will be courteous to54

Mother of all Evilshis friend but (7) discourteous towards his father, (8) voices willbe raised in Masājid, (9) the most disgraceful person will becometheir ruler, (10) a person will be paid respect fearing his mischief,(11) alcohol will be consumed, (12) silk will be worn, (13)slave girl singers will be kept, (14) musical instruments will bekept (at homes), (15) the succeeding people of this Ummaĥ willcurse the preceding ones. So the people of that time shouldlook for the red storm, or being swallowed up by the earth ordisfigurement of their faces. (Sunan Tirmiżī, vol. 4, pp. 89, Ḥadīš 2217)Different forms of punishmentThe Most Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘By Allah , in Whose control my life is! Some people of my Ummaĥ willspend their night in sins, arrogance, Laĥw and La’ab i.e. wastingtime and playing games, they will then awaken in the morningin such a state that they will have been disfigured into monkeysand pigs because of considering Ḥarām as Ḥalāl, keeping slavegirl singers and drinking alcohol.’ (Al-Musnad Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal,vol. 8, pp. 444, Ḥadīš 22854)It is reported by Sayyidunā Abū Umāmaĥ that theGreat Prophet ٖ said, ‘One group of this Ummaĥwill spent their night in eating, drinking and in ‘Laĥw andLa’ab’ but when they will awaken in the morning, they will havebeen disfigured into monkeys and pigs. They will face the eventsof being pulled into the earth and stones being showered uponthem from the sky. People will wake up in the morning and say,‘Tonight so-and-so tribe was swallowed into the earth and tonightso-and-so person’s home was pulled into the earth.’ Stones willcertainly be showered upon them from the skies the way theywere showered upon the ‘People of Lūṭ’ and their homes.55

ۡرِ‏ََۡۡۡۡۡۡMother of EvilsIndeed, such a destructive storm will be sent over them the likesof which destroyed the homes and tribes of the ‘People of ‘Ād’.This will happen because of drinking alcohol, wearing silk,keeping slave girl singers, taking interest and breaking familyties.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Imān, vol. 5, pp. 16, Ḥadīš 5614)Punishment for the alcoholicḤaḍrat Sayyīdunā Imām Abul ‘Abbās Aḥmad bin Muhammadbin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Makkī Shāfi’ī (died in 974 A.H.)‏َاجِ‏ ‘ book has reported in his’ that the BelovedProphet ٖ said, ‘Refrain from the root cause ofall evils- alcohol. Whoever did not refrain from it committeddisobedience of Allah and His Prophet ٖ ’and became deserving of torment by virtue of disobedience ofAllah and His Prophet ٖ . Allah hassaid in the Glorious Quran: 56‏َّواَلزاِق رتِ‏ ا ‏ِف الكبَائ‏َنۡ‏ر ع ٰ ۡ ۡ ۡ ‘And whoever disobeys Allah and His Noble Prophet and crosses allHis limits - Allah will put him in the fire (of hell), in which he willremain forever; and for him is a disgraceful torment.’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 15, Sūraĥ an-Nisa, Verse 14;Az-Zawājir ‘Aniqtirāf-il-Kabāir, vol. 2, pp. 314)Gar tū nārāz ĥuwā mayrī ĥalākat ĥo gīĤay! Mayn nār-e-Jaĥannam mayn jalūn gā Yā Rab!Dard-e-sar ĥo yā bukhār āye tařap jātā ĥoMayn Jaĥannam kī sazā kaysay saĥoon gā Yā Rab!

Mother of all EvilsI will be destroyed if You are displeased with meAlas I will burn in the fire of Hell, O my Allah!I can’t even deal with a headache and feverHow will I bear the torments of Hell, O my Allah!Punishment for an alcoholic in this worldSayyidunā Anas narrated that the Noble Prophet ٖ struck an alcoholic with the branch of a tree andwith shoes. Then Amīr-ul-Muminīn Sayyidunā Abū BakrSiddique struck with 40 lashes. During the caliphateof Amīr-ul-Muminīn Sayyidunā ‘Umar al-Fārūq ,people started living near green areas and villages so he sought advice from the companions regardingpunishment of drinking alcohol. According to the suggestion ofSayyidunā ‘Abdur Raḥmān bin ‘Awf the punishmentfor drinking alcohol was set at 80 lashes. (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Ḥadīš 1706)According to few narrations, the punishment of 80 lashes wasdecided upon the advice of Amīr-ul-Muminīn Sayyidunā ‘Alīal-Murtaḍā Ḥadīš 1615) . (Muwaṭṭā Imām Mālik, vol. 2, pp. 351,Alcoholic’s punishment in the graveWhosoever does not repent from drinking alcohol and he diesin this state, in relation to this, Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin Mas’ūd said, ‘When some alcoholic would die, bury him, thensuspend me upon his grave by some stick and dig back his grave.If you do not find his face turned away from the Qiblaĥ thenleave me hanging there.’ (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir Ad-Żaĥabī, pp. 96)Mat gunāĥaun paĥ ĥo bhaī bay bāk tūBĥūl mat yeĥ ḥaqīqat kaĥ hai khāk tū57

ۡۡMother of EvilsDon’t be brave in committing sinsRemember you originated from the soil (hence you shouldn’t bebrave and arrogant in committing sins)It is narrated by Sayyidunā Masrūq that whoeverindulged in theft or alcoholism or fornication when dies, twosnakes are deputed for him who keep on biting and eating hismeat. (Sharaḥ-us-Ṣudūr, pp. 172)Ghāfilo! Qabr mayn jis gĥařī jao gayeSnap biccĥū jo dekĥo gaye chillāo gayeSar picĥāřo gaye par kuch na kar pāo gayeBay ḥad apnāey gunāĥaun par pachtāo gayeO the heedless one, when you will be lowered in the graveyou will scream seeing the snakes and scorpionsYou will feel utter remorse for your sinsbut you will be able to do nothing to protect yourselfDear Islamic brothers! If we succeeded in carrying our Imanintact in the grave, we shall achieve salvation from the hardshipsof the grave and it will become a garden from amongst thegardens of Paradise.Deceased woman slaps a shroud thiefSheikh Abū Isḥāq said that he saw a person withhalf of his face covered so he asked him the reason for that. Hetold him, ‘I would dig up graves at night to steal the shrouds.Therefore, one night I dug a woman’s grave intending to stealher shroud, but she slapped me with such force that the markis still on my face.’ Sheikh Abū Isḥāq said that hewrote about the shroud thief’s matter and sent it in the serviceof Imām Awzā’ī who instructed in replyto further inquire that person about the condition of those in58

Mother of all Evilsthe graves. That person reported, ‘I often witnessed that thosein the grave had their faces turned away from the Qiblaĥ.’Knowing this Imām Awzā’ī replied, ‘Ah, regret!These are those people whose ending was not good, meaningthese people were engrossed in such sins which lead them tothat condition.’ (Ruḥ-ul-Bayān, vol. 2, pp. 249)Gaur-e-Nakīrayn bāgh ĥo gī khuld kāMujrimun kī qabr dozakh kā gařĥāThe grave of pious ones will be garden of paradiseWhereas the grave of a sinful person will be a pit of hellMay Allah protect us from a bad end and save the MuslimUmmaĥ from the curse of alcohol as this too can become acause of a bad death and torment in the grave!Child turns elderlyOne saint mentioned, “My child passed away. A few days afterthe burial, I dreamt him such that the hair of his head hadturned white, I enquired, ‘O my son! You were a child when Iburied you, how have you turned old?’ He replied, ‘O myrespected father! A person who would drink alcohol in theworld has been buried near me; the hellfire blazed with suchintensity in his grave that, due to its heat, every child has turnedelderly.” (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir Al-Żaĥabī, pp. 96)The neck of HellSayyidunā Abū Hurairaĥ narrated that when the Dayof Judgment will come, a neck-shaped fire will emerge out ofthe Hell. It will have two eyes to see with, it will have two ears to59

Mother of Evilshear with and it will also have one tongue to speak with in ahorrifying voice. (Sunan Tirmiżī, vol. 4, pp. 259, Ḥadīš 2583)Sayyidunā Asad bin Mūsā has mentioned in Kitāb-ul-Zuĥd, ‘This neck-shaped fire will say, ‘I have been ordered totorment the offenders.’ Then that fire will capture the offenderspitching them into Hell even faster than a bird flying swiftlyhaving seen grains on the ground. Then it will say, ‘Those whohad been causing distress to Allah and His Beloved ٖ , I have been ordered to also torment themseverely.’ And so it will seize the tormentors and pitch theminto Hell.’ (Kitāb al-Zuĥd al-Asad bin Mūsā, pp. 75, Ḥadīš 77)In other words, on the Day of Resurrection, Hell will bebellowing:‘Where are those opposing the Merciful Allah ?Where are the enemies of the Allah ?Where are the friends of Satan?’O Alcoholics who cause displeasure to Allah and HisBeloved Rasool ٖ ! Remember that tomorrow onthe Day of Resurrection you will have no way to save yourselvesfrom that fire, even the multitude crowds on Resurrection Daywill not be able to hide you from it. Regarding this, ImāmAḥmad bin Ḥanbal said, ‘That fire will recogniseevery disobedient one and transgressor as easily as a fatherrecognises his son or a son recognises his father.’ (Kitāb al-Zuĥd al-Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, pp. 205, Ḥadīš 1044)60

ۡMother of all EvilsFive punishments on theDay of Resurrection for the alcoholicOn pages 22-31 of ‘Naykīaun ki Jazāye aur Gunāĥaun ki Sazāye’[the 148-page publication of Maktabaĥ-tul-Madinaĥ, thepublishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], Faqīĥ Abū LaīšNaḍr bin Muhammad Samarqandī (died in 375A.H.) has documented various punishments for the alcoholicon the Day of Judgment:The appearance of the alcoholic on the Day ofJudgment1. On the Day of Judgement the alcoholic would come in suchan appearance that his face would be black, eyes would beblue, tongue would be hanging on his chest and his salivawould be oozing like blood. People would recognise himon the Day of Judgement. Do not make Salām to him, donot console him when he falls ill, and do not offer his funeralprayer when he dies, as he is like an idol worshipper inthe court of Allah (if he drinks alcohol considering itto be permissible).Smelling fouler than a rotten corpse2. The alcoholic will rise from his grave smelling morerepulsive than a rotten corpse; a bottle of alcohol will behanging around his neck and a wineglass will be in hishand. Snakes and scorpions will be stuck to his entire bodyand he will be made to wear shoes of fire which will makehis brain boil. His grave will be an abyss from amongst thepits’ of Hell, in the vicinity of Fir’awn and Ĥāmān.61

ۡۡۡۡ ٰۡMother of EvilsWelcome with the iron hammers3. Adulterers and alcoholics will be dragged towards Hell onthe Day of Judgement. When they will reach near Hell,the gates of Hell will be opened for them and angels oftorment will welcome them with iron hammers. They willbe beaten in Hell equal to the number of days of the world.Angels will then take them to their final abodes andscorpions will sting them on every organ of their body forforty years and snakes will bite their heads. If an alcoholichas still not reached his destined abode, a blaze of fire willfling him to the last end; angels will beat him until he willfell into Hell. ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ Whenever their skins are cooked (fully burnt) We shall change themfor new skins so they may taste the torment (again and again).[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 5, Sūraĥ al-Nisā, Verse 56)They will scream out of severe thirst. They will cry out: Ohthirst, Oh thirst, and would say, ‘Give us just one sip of water.’The appointed angels will bring bowls filled with boiling water.When the alcoholic will bring his mouth to the bowl, the fleshof his face will fall off. ‘When that boiling water would reach hisstomach, it will cut his intestines and cause them to excretefrom behind. Then intestines will return to their original stateand he will face the torment again. So, this is the torment analcoholic will suffer.’Horrific view of an alcoholic’s torment4. An alcoholic will come on the Day of Judgment with thevessel of alcohol hanging in his neck and an instrument62

Mother of all Evilsof ‘Laĥw and La’ab’ in his hand. Then he will be hanged bya noose of fire and a herald will announce, ‘He is son of soand-so.’There will emerge a foul odour from his mouthand people will be cursing him. Thereafter, Angels oftorment will remove him from the noose of fire and flinghim into Hell, where he will be burning for one thousandyears. He will then scream, ‘O thirst, thirst!’ Allah willsend stinky sweat to him; he will then proclaim ‘O my Rab!Kindly remove this sweat away from me’, but before thatsweat goes away, fire will approach him and burn him toashes. Allah will recreate him from fire and he willstand up again. His both hands and feet would be tied up.He will be dragged face down through chains on theground. When he will scream due to extreme thirst, he willbe made to drink boiling water. When he will plead forfood, he will be forced to eat from a thorny tree and thatwould boil in his stomach.Sayyidunā Mālik (the chief Angel of Hell) will haveshoes of fire which he will make the alcoholicwear, consequently his brain will boil off and will dischargeout through the nose and ears. The alcoholic’s molars willbe made up of blazing coal and fire will emerge out fromhis mouth. His intestines will disintegrate and excrete fromhis excretory organ. He will be packed into a casket filledwith sparks and flames, and this torment will continue fora long period of thousand years. The opening of that casketwill be narrow.Pus will flow out from his body and his colour will havechanged. He will make plea, ‘O my Allah ! The fire haseaten my body.’63

Mother of EvilsWoe to the person who will not be dealt with mercy whenhe makes plea for it. When he will ask for, he will not beanswered. After that he will appeal for water, so SayyidunāMālik will give him boiling water to drink. Whenthe alcoholic will hold it, his fingers will cut and fall down.When he will see it, his eyes will flow out and the flesh ofhis cheeks will fall down. He will be taken out of the casketafter 1000 years and put into such a cell which will havesnakes and scorpions resembling pitcher. They will tramplehim under their feet. A stone of fire will be placed on hishead and iron covering will be provided on the joints of hisbody. His hands will be chained and shackles will be placedin his neck. He will be taken out of that cell after 1000years and angels of torment will take him towards a valleycalled ‘Wail’. This is one of the valleys of Hell which ishotter and deeper than the others and has more snakesand scorpions in it. The alcoholic will burn in this valleyfor 1000 years.5. The alcoholic will arise from his grave in such a conditionthat his shins will be swollen; his tongue would be swingingon his chest and fire will be burning his intestines. So hewill scream in such a horrifying voice that everybody willbecome terrified and scorpions will be stinging the flesh ofhis body. He will be made to wear shoes of fire as a resultof which his brain will boil. The alcoholic will be inneighbourhood of ‘Fir’awn’ and ‘Ĥāmān’. Furthermore,whoever serves one morsel to an alcoholic, Allah willappoint snakes and scorpions upon him, and whoever fulfilsany of alcoholic’s needs, he has contributed in destroyingIslam. Whoever lends him anything on loan, it is as if hehas helped in the murder of a Muslim, and whoever adopts64

Mother of all Evilshis company, Allah will raise him blind (on the Day ofJudgement) and he will not have any excuse. Do not makeNikāḥ i.e. marriage with an alcoholic. If he gets ill, do notvisit to console him. The alcoholic has been cursed in theTorah, Zabur, Bible and the Glorious Quran. Whoeverdrank alcohol (considering it as Ḥalāl), he has rejected (all)the commandments of Allah that were revealed uponthe Prophets . Only Kāfir considers Alcohol asḤalāl and I (i.e. The Chief of all Prophets ٖ )despise it. In addition, the alcoholic will die in a state ofthirst and for 1000 years he will be screaming out, ‘Ohthirst! Oh thirst!’ (Rasūlullāĥ ٖ said) I takean oath by He Who has sent me with the Truth that whenalcoholic will appear in the court of Almighty Allah , He will order the angels, ‘O angels! Capture him.’70,000 angels will appear, grab him and drag him on hisface. He ٖ further said: I tell you more. Theperson who has 100 Quranic verses in his heart, if he woulddrink alcohol, then every letter of the Glorious Quran willappear on the Day of Judgement and argue with thatalcoholic in the court of Allah and if Quranfought with anybody, certainly he will be ruined.Alcoholic and the heavenly wineThe believers who would never drink the intoxicating alcohol ofthis world for seeking pleasure of Allah will be served withSharāb-e-Ṭaĥūr (pure wine) of Paradise, and those drunkardsof worldly alcohol who departed from this temporal worldwithout repenting from, they will remain deprived of the purewine of Paradise.65

Mother of EvilsThe Merciful Prophet ٖ has stated, ‘Everyintoxicant is alcohol and every intoxicant is Ḥarām. Whoeverdrank alcohol in this world and died without repentance, hewould not drink Sharāb-e-Ṭaĥūr in the Hereafter.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim,pp. 1199, Ḥadīš 2003)Alcoholic and the fragrance of ParadiseThe Beloved and Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘Thefragrance of Paradise would be smelt from travelling distanceof 500 years; however the one proud of his deeds, disobedientone and the regular drinker will remain deprived of itsfragrance.’ (Al-Mu’jam Al-Ṣaghīr-lil-Ṭabarānī, pp. 145, Juz Awwal, Ḥadīš 409)In some narrations, it is reported that, not only the fragrance ofParadise but all the bounties of Paradise will be Ḥarām uponalcoholic. Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad bin ‘Abdullāĥ Ḥākim has reported a Ḥadīš that the Blessed Prophet ٖ said, ‘There are four kinds of people for whomAllah bears the right to neither allow them to enter Paradisenor will He allow them to taste its bounties: (i) a regular drinker(ii) one who earns usury (interest) (iii) one who exploits themoney of orphan without lawful reason and (iv) one whois disobedient to parents.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 2, pp. 338, Ḥadīš 7230)Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Abbās reported that theBeloved Rasūl ٖ said, ‘The drunkard, the onedisobedient to parents and the one seeking acknowledgement inlieu of favour will not enter Paradise.’ Sayyidunā ‘Abdullaĥ bin‘Abbās said, ‘This blessed saying made me worriedthat the believers do indulge in sins and then I found this(following) injunction of the Holy Quran regarding thosedisobedient to their parents:66

ٰٰۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡۡ ۡۡ Mother of all Evilsۤ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡۡ So do you portray that if you get governance, you would spreadchaos in the land and sever your relations?[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 26, Sūraĥ Muhammad, Verse 22)And I found the following verse of the Quran regarding theone seeking acknowledgement in lieu of favour: ۡ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰٓ‘O people who believe! Do not invalidateyour charity by expressing your favours and causing injury.’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 3, Sūraĥ al-Baqaraĥ, Verse 264)And I found the following order of Allah regarding alcohol:ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡۡ ۡ ۤ ۡ ٰ ۡ ٰٓ ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ ۡ O people who believe! Alcohol and gambling, and idols, and thedarts are impure - the satanic crafts, therefore keep avoiding themso that you may succeed.[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 7, Sūraĥ al-Mai’daĥ, Verse 90;Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabāir, vol. 11, pp. 82, Ḥadīš 11170)It should be remembered that a regular alcoholic is not the onewho continuously drinks alcohol, rather whenever alcoholbecomes available to him, he drinks it and does not refrainfrom it due to fear of Allah .’ (Baḥr-ud-Dumū’, pp. 167)67

ۡۡ‏ِحِّٰMother of EvilsRepent as the mercy of Allah is immenseDear Islamic Brothers! Repent in the court of the MercifulAllah from drinking alcohol in order to save yourself fromthe displeasure of Allah before the door of repentance isclosed. Woe be to the one who disobeyed Allah and becamedeserving of Hell as his final abode. Hasten in seeking repentanceuntil the soul is present in your body because death is certainand is about to come. Hasten in repentance before the door ofrepentance is closed.Door of repentanceThe Blessed and Beloved Prophet ٖ said, ‘Allah has created a door of repentance in the west which hasthe width equal to the travelling distance of 70 years and it willnot be closed until the sun rises from the west.’ (Sunan al-Tirmiżī,vo. l 6, pp. 316, Ḥadīš 18116)Kar ley tawbaĥ Rab kī raḥmat ĥay bařīQabr mayn warnaĥ sazā ĥo gī kařīDo repent as the mercy of your Rab is so immenseOtherwise you will suffer severe tormentAlcoholic became friend of Allah It is mentioned on page 105, Volume I of Faizan-e Sunnat [the1548-page publication of Maktabaĥ-tul-Madinaĥ, the publishingdepartment of Dawat-e-Islami] that Sayyidunā Bishr Ḥāfī was a drunkard before eventual repentance. He was once going somewhere in drunken state. On theway, he glanced a piece of paper on which ‘ ٰ الرَّمحۡ‏ ’ was68ا‏ِن الرَّ‏ ي ‏ِمinscribed. He picked it up out of respect. He then

َۡۡۡMother of all Evilsbought ‘Iṭr (fragrance), applied it to the paper and placed it atan elevated place out of reverence.At night, a saint of Islam dreamt someone saying,‘Go and inform Bishr: You made My name fragrant, honouredit and placed it at a high place, We will also purify you.’ As thesaint woke up, he thought to himself, ‘Bishr is an alcoholic;there is perhaps some misunderstanding on my part about thedream.’ Then, after making Wuḍū and offering Nafl Ṣalāĥ, hewent to sleep again but had the same dream for the second timeand then again for the third time and also heard ‘Our messageis indeed for Bishr! Go and convey our message to him.’Therefore, the saint went out in search for Sayyidunā Bishr and learnt that Bishr was in the gathering ofalcoholics. Reaching the gathering he called out for ‘Bishr,’ buthe was told by people that Bishr was in a drunken stupor. Thesaint said, ‘Go and somehow tell him that a man with a messagefor him is standing outside.’ Someone went and told him ofthis. Sayyidunā Bishr Ḥāfī said, ‘Ask him as to whosemessage he has brought.’ When asked, the saint replied, ‘I havebrought the message of Allah .’ When informed of this,Sayyidunā Bishr was overwhelmed and immediatelycame out barefooted. Hearing the divine message, he sincerelyrepented from his sins and attained such a high spiritual rankthat he used to remain barefooted due to awe-inspiring Divinecontemplation. This is why he became famous asḤāfī (i.e. the one remaining barefooted). (Tażkira-tul-Auliyā, pp. 68)May Allah have mercy on him and forgive us withoutaccountability for his sake!‏َّدُ ‏َمَ ٰ حم‏َا ٰتَع69َ َ احلۡ‏‏ُّو ۡ ا صَ‏ لبِيبص َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُ

ۡMother of EvilsVirtues of showing respectDear Islamic brothers! A grave sinner and an alcoholic becamea Walī (friend of Allah ) merely because of respecting andshowing reverence to a piece of paper which had the blessedname of Allah inscribed on it. Thus, why then will wesinners not be blessed with the grace and bounty of Allah if we pay respect to those holy luminaries whose hearts, withthe name of Allah engraved on them, remain occupied inDivine contemplation. Furthermore, how valued would therespect of our Beloved Prophet Sayyidunā Muhammad ٖ be in the Court of Allah as he is theSovereign of all Prophets and saints! Indeed, respecting thename of beloveds of Allah brings blessings and reward.Sayyidunā Bishr Ḥāfī gained a high rank byrespecting the name of Allah . If we respect the name of theBeloved and Blessed Prophet ٖ why will we notgain high regards? On hearing the blessed name, if we kiss ourthumbs and touch them to our eyes out of respect, why will wenot receive its blessings? Sayyidunā Bishr Ḥāfī ۡ applied fragrance to the paper on which the name of Allah was written, therefore he was purified. If we also sprinkle roseessence wherever the Żikr of the Beloved and Blessed Mustafa ٖ is mentioned why would we not be purified?Kyā māĥaktey ĥayn maĥaknay wālayBu paĥ chal-tay ĥayn bĥaṫaknay wālay‘Āṣīun! Tĥām lo dāman un kāWoĥ naĥī ĥātĥ jĥaṫaknay wālayWhat a great fragrance do the beloveds of Allah possess!The lost people find their destination by tracking the fragrance.70

ُۡۡ‏ِحِّٰMother of all EvilsO sinners! Do hold the path of the Prophet of AllahAs he is not amongst those who will leave you alone(Ḥadāiq-e-Bakhshish Sharīf)An alcoholic was forgivenShāykh-e-Ṭarīqaĥ Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnaĥ Ḥaḍrat ‘AllāmaĥMaulānā Muhammad Ilyās Attar Qadiri hasmentioned an incident in his book, ‘Faizan-e-Sunnat’, Volume I,on page 95 regarding the forgiveness of an alcoholic:There were two brothers. One of them was pious, whereas theother was a drunkard. The pious person once called his brotherand punished him for his act of drinking alcohol. Whilstreturning, the drinker fell into some deep water and drowned.Eventually, he was buried. At night, the pious brother had adream in which he saw his deceased brother strolling inParadise. Amazed, he asked, ‘You were a drinker and had diedin the state of intoxication, how have you entered Paradise?’ Hisdeceased brother replied, ‘Whilst returning after being beaten‏ِم ‘ with by you, I saw a piece of paper on the wayا ’ الرَّمحۡ‏ ٰ‏ِن الرَّ‏ يinscribed on it. Picking it up, I swallowed it. I then fell into thedeep water and drowned. After I was buried, Munkar andNakīr (interrogating angels) entered my grave and asked thequestions. I politely said, ‘You are questioning me, whereas thepure name of my Beloved Almighty Allah is in myabdomen!’ As I said this, a voice from the Ghayb (unseen) wasََ ۡ ر saying: heardقَد هل(‘My servant has spoken the ’ َ دَقَ‏ ۡص‏َبۡ‏غَف ت ‏ِدي عtruth. Undoubtedly, I have forgiven him.’) (Nuzĥa-tul-Majālis, vol. 1,pp. 41)71

َۡMother of EvilsMay Allah have mercy on him and forgive us withoutaccountability for his sake!‏َّدُ ‏َمَ ٰ حم‏َا ٰتَعَ َ احلۡ‏‏ُّو ۡ ا صَ‏ لبِيبص َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُDear Islamic brothers! If someone remained deprived ofrepentance due to the darkness of sins preventing the mercy ofAllah from him, then nothing can be done except regret.Frightening gravesOn page 5 to 8 of the booklet, ‘Revelations of Shroud Thieves’[the 32-page publication of Maktabaĥ-tul-Madinaĥ, thepublishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], Shāykh-e-ṬarīqaĥAmīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnaĥ Ḥaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā MuhammadIlyas Attar Qadiri has quoted that once, afrightened person came to Caliph ‘Abdul Mālik. He said, ‘Orespected caliph! I am a very sinful person, I want to knowwhether I will be forgiven or not.’ The caliph asked, ‘Is your sinbigger than the earth and sky?’ He replied, ‘Yes, even bigger.’The caliph asked, ‘Is it bigger than the Divine Pen and DivineTablet?’ He replied, ‘Even bigger.’ The caliph asked, ‘Is it biggerthan the Divine Throne?’ He replied, ‘Even bigger.’ The caliphthen said, ‘Brother! Surely your sin can’t be greater than themercy of Allah .’ When the person heard this, he began tocry profusely. The caliph asked, ‘Brother, please tell me, what isthis sin of yours?’ The person replied, ‘Your Eminence! I feelextremely embarrassed to inform you; however, I will tell you.Perhaps it may pave way for acceptance of my repentance.’Saying this, he began to reveal his story.72

Mother of all EvilsHe said, ‘I am a shroud thief. Tonight, I learnt lesson from fivedifferent graves which forced me to seek forgiveness.’Fate of an alcoholicWhen I opened the first grave to steal the shroud, I noticed thatthe face of the deceased had turned away from the direction ofQiblaĥ. As I began to run away in fright, an unseen voice mademe tremble even more. It said, ‘Ask this person the reason forhis torment?’ Whilst trembling, I replied that I did not have thecourage to ask, you tell me. It was said, ‘This person was analcoholic and an adulterer.’Qabr rozānaĥ yeĥ kartī ĥay pukārMujĥ mayn ĥay kīřay makořay be-shumārCorpse resembling a pigThe grave proclaims everydayI have countless insects inside meWhen I opened the second grave, I saw a heart trembling scene.I saw that the corpse’s face resembled that of a pig and he wasgrappled with shackles and chains of fire. An unseen voicedeclared, ‘This person used to swear false oaths and used toearn from Ḥarām means.’Yād rakĥ mayn ĥo andĥayrī koṫĥařīTujĥ ko ĥo gī mujĥ mayn sun waĥshat bařīRemember I am a dark cellListen, you will panic inside meMayray andar tu akaīlā aye gāĤān magar a’māl laytā aye gāYou will enter alone insideBut you will bring your deeds with73

Mother of EvilsNails of fireWhen I opened the third grave, again I saw a terrifying scene.The deceased had his tongue coming out from the back of hisneck and he was punched with nails made of fire. An unseenvoice declared, ‘this person used to backbite, slander and wouldsow discord among people.’Narm bistar gĥar paĥ ĥī raĥ jāye geTujĥ ko farsh-e-khāk par daffnāey geSoft beds will stay behind at homeYou will be laid on the bare groundBlazed in fireWhen I opened the fourth grave, I saw another very frighteningscene. I saw a person being blazed in fire and the angels werebeating him with hammers made of fire. I became terrified andran away. However, an unseen voice echoed in my ears tellingthat this wretched person was neglectful in offering Ṣalāĥ andobserving fasts of Ramadan.Reward of repenting in youthWhen I opened the fifth grave, it was completely different fromthe other graves. This grave was extremely spacious. Inside,there was a throne with a handsome young man sitting upon it.An unseen voice revealed that this person had sought repentancewhile he was still young and was steadfast in offering Ṣalāĥ andobserving fasts. (Tażkiraĥ-tul-Wā’iẓin, pp 612-615)Jo musalmān bandaĥ naykawkār ĥayRab kay Maḥbūb ka ‘āshiq zar ĥay74

ۡۡMother of all EvilsQabr bĥī is kī jannat kā gulzār ĥayBagh-e-firdous kā bĥī woĥ ḥaqdār ĥayThe Muslim who is piousand devotee of the Beloved of AllahHis grave is one of the gardens of ParadiseAnd he is also entitled for the Eden of FirdausAn incident that reformed an alcoholicOn page 164 of ‘Uyūn-ul-Ḥikāyāt [the 413-page publication ofMaktabaĥ-tul-Madinaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is cited that Sayyidunā Yūsuf bin Ḥasan has said that once he was present with Sayyidunā ŻunnūnMiṣrī near a pond of water. Suddenly they saw agigantic scorpion sitting on the bank of the pond. After a whileone big frog appeared from the water and came near thescorpion. The scorpion rode onto the back of the frog; the frogthen swam towards the other bank. Seeing this, Ḥaḍrat ŻunnūnMiṣrī said, ‘Come! Let’s go to the other side of thepond because something strange is expected to happen there.’And so they too went to the other side of the pond. After reachingthere, the frog dropped the scorpion off. Scorpion started tocrawl very fast towards a certain direction. After passing somedistance, they saw a strange and terrifying scene. There was anintoxicated young person lying unconscious and a python wasslithering towards him, as soon as it approached to swallowhim, the gigantic scorpion attacked the python, as a result ofwhich it could not bear the poison of the scorpion and died.When the python died, the scorpion returned towards the bankof the pond where the frog was waiting. It again rode the frog’sback and returned to the other side of the pond.75

َُۡ ۡ ۡ ََۡ ۡ ۡ َُُ ۡ ُ ُ ۡيلِ‏ًََۡۡMother of EvilsFauns ban kar jis kī ḥifāẓat ĥawā karayWoĥ sham’a kyā bujĥay jisay roshan Khudā karayWhen air becomes a chandelier to protect the light of the candlethen no one can blow out the candle which is protected by AllahThen they approached that intoxicated young man who wasstill unconscious. Ḥaḍrat Żunnūn Miṣrī shook himand he opened his eyes. He said, ‘O young man!Look, how your Rab has saved your life. This dead pythoncame to kill you but Allah protected your life in such a waythat a scorpion came from the other bank of the pond andkilled this python; as a result you were saved.’ He revealed the entire incident and read the following couplets:س ُ وۡ‏‏ِم الظ ُّ لَ‏ّ ُ‏ٍء يدور يفِ‏ ‏ِلكي ااغَ‏ فِ‎ اجل حيرُسهياتِيك مِنه فَوائِد انلّ‏‏َنَامُ‏ ‏َنۡ‏ك ۡ ‏َي ف ت العيون ع مَلِ‏ ‏ٍك‏ِمَ‏ِع76ۡمِنTranslationWake up O heedless one! Allah protects his humble servantsfrom every evil that moves around in darkness. Why then haveyour eyes slept and become heedless of Him Whose blessingsbenefit you.When the alcoholic heard such wise sentences from theinspiring tongue of Ḥaḍrat Żunnūn Miṣrī , he awokefrom the sleep of ignorance and heedlessness and mentioned inthe court of Allah , while repenting, ‘O my Rab ! WhenYou are so Merciful to Your disobedient servants, then to whatextent would Your mercy shower onto Your obedient servants!’Afterwards that young man started walking in one direction, Iasked him, ‘O young man, what do you intend to do now?’ Heۡ ََُ لَۡو

Mother of all Evilssaid, ‘I will now worship my Allah in the jungles and byAllah , I will never get inclined towards the glamour of thisworld and never will I step towards the city life.’ Saying this,that young man migrated to the jungle.Tĥām ley dāman e Shaĥ-e-Laulāk tūSachī tawbaĥ say ĥo jāye gā pāk tūJo bĥī dunyā say Āqā kā gham ley gayāWoĥ to bāzī Khudā kī qasam ley gayāHold the path of the Prophet, who is the cause of thecreation of the whole universeBy doing so and repenting truly will make you pureWhoever embraced the love of the ProphetBy Allah he is successful in the HereafterWhy are we confronting troubles?Shaykh-e-Ṭarīqat Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, the founder ofDawat-e-Islami, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Abu Bilal Muhammad IlyasAttar Qadiri further advises: Dear Islamic brothers! We are Muslims and every deed of Muslims shouldbe for the sake of pleasure of Allah and His Rasūl ٖ but unfortunately, today majority of us is goingastray, from the path of piety. Perhaps it is the reason that weare confronting versatile troubles. Some people are sick whilstothers are in debt, some have family discords, some have nolivelihood, some desire children and some are under troubledue to disobedient children. In short, everyone is facing one oranother problem.Allah says in the Holy Quran, Sūraĥ al-Shūrā, verse 30,77

َََََِّٰMother of Evilsۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۤ ‘And whatever calamity befalls you, is because of whatyour hands have earned - and there is a great deal He pardons!’[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 20, Sūraĥ al-Shūrā, Verse 30)Dear Islamic brothers! There is no doubt that the remedy toevery trouble of this world and of the Hereafter lies inobedience of Allah and His Beloved Rasūl ٖ .It is quoted, “ُ ّٰمَن ِ ِۡ ”, meaning that the person whobecomes obedient to Allah , He helps and supportshim. (Tafsīr Rūḥ-ul-Bayān, Sūraĥ Luqmān, Taḥat-ul-Ayaĥ 4, vol. 7, pp. 64)هل اكن اكنBlessings of ṢalāĥThe first Farḍ (obligatory act) for a Muslim is Ṣalāĥ. However,sadly, our Masājid are deserted nowadays. Certainly Ṣalāĥ is thepillar of Islam. Ṣalāĥ is a means for pleasure of Allah . Mercy descends by virtue of Ṣalāĥ. Ṣalāĥ brings forgiveness ofsins. Ṣalāĥ protects from diseases. Ṣalāĥ is a means foracceptance of supplications. Ṣalāĥ brings blessings in sustenance.Ṣalāĥ is light for the dark grave. Ṣalāĥ protects from torment inthe grave. Ṣalāĥ is the key to Paradise. Ṣalāĥ facilitates on thebridge of Ṣirāṭ. Ṣalāĥ protects from the fire of Hell. Ṣalāĥ soothesthe blessed eyes of the Holy Prophet ٖ . The personwho offers Ṣalāĥ will be blessed with the intercession of theHoly Prophet ٖ . The greatest reward for theperson who offers Ṣalāĥ is that he will behold Allah on theDay of Judgment.78

Mother of all EvilsTerrifying fate of those who do not offer ṢalāĥAllah is displeased with one who does not offer Ṣalāĥ.Whoever intentionally misses even one Ṣalāĥ, his name isinscribed on the door of Hell. The grave will squeeze the personwho is lazy in offering Ṣalāĥ, to such a degree, that his ribs wouldbreak and interlock with each other. His grave will be blazedwith fire and a bald snake will be deputed for inflicting him. Inaddition, he will be made to face strict accountability on theDay of Judgment.Dear Islamic Brothers! If you really want to become regular inṢalāĥ, fasts and other acts of piety and to refrain fromalcoholism and other sins, then embrace the Madanī Māḥaul(Islamic environment) of Dawat-e-Islami, the Global nonpoliticalmovement for propagation of Quran and Sunnaĥ.Innumerable sinners have repented by virtue of this Madanīenvironment.How an alcoholic became a preacher?One of the Islamic brothers of Kharadar Bāb-ul-Madinaĥ,Karachi, Pakistan has stated in these words that, there lived avery notorious person in our area. He was infamous because ofhis activities. People would persuade him towards decency buthe would turn a deaf ear. Along with other vices, he used toremain drunk. His days and nights were submerged into theocean of sins. One day, an Islamic brother invited him for theweekly Sunnaĥ-inspiring Ijtimā’ of Dawat-e-Islami. He was veryfortunate in having attended the Ijtima.As soon as the speech of Shāykh-e-Ṭarīqat Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnaĥ,Ḥaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri started, he was completely amazed. When the 79

َُِّٰMother of Evilsinspirational speech entered the inner recesses of his heart, aspring of guilt gushed forth and started flowing from his eyes inthe form of tears. He remained weeping bitterly till late,putting his head down even after the speech had finished.He became Murīd (disciple) of Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnaĥ and became the devotee of Ḥuḍūr Ghouš-e-A’ẓam, Shāykh ‘Abdul Qādir ۡ . He repented fromall his previous sins and intended to abandon alcohol forever.As he quit alcohol all of a sudden, he began suffering withhealth complications. Someone advised him that alcohol wasnot to be abandoned all of a sudden; and he may quit graduallybut he refused to take that advice. He confronted all theproblems and finally succeeded in quitting alcohol. He madehis habit to offer Ṣalāĥ five times a day in the Masjid andadorned his face with beard. The Sunnaĥ-inspiring Ijtimā’ ofDawat-e-Islami completely changed his life. He used to be seenin white clothes according to the Sunnaĥ of the Beloved Rasūl ٖ and would participate in the weekly area visitfor calling towards righteousness. He attained such blessings byvirtue of the Madanī activities of Dawat-e-Islami that anyonewho met him would get impressed and inspired.One day he suddenly became ill and was admitted into hospital.He became so weak because of excessive vomiting and diarrhoea.After looking at his condition, it seemed as though he wouldnot survive. In the evening, he recited ‘Kalimaĥ Ṭayyibaĥ’ i.e.‘ُ ‏َمَّدٌ‏ ۡحم‏َّسُ‏ول ا رُ ّٰاَّاِ‎َ ٰbody. ’ and his soul departed from his اِهلWhen the news of his death reached the area, every Islamicbrother who was attached to him was seen in grief. NumerousIslamic brothers participated in the funeral Ṣalāĥ of that preacherof Dawat-e-Islami. Shāykh-e-Ṭarīqat Amīr-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnaĥ80

ۡۡ‏ِمMother of all EvilsḤaḍrat ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri lead the funeral Ṣalāĥ. The Islamic brothers’ eyeswere welled up with tears witnessing their Pīr-o-Murshid(Spiritual Guide) at the funeral of this fortunate Murīd. MayAllah have mercy on him and forgive us withoutaccountability for his sake!وَا ٰ هلِ‏ ِ81َ يلَّ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُّ ني‏َاهِ‏ انلَّيبِ‏ ِجبِ‏م‏َرِيۡ‏الكصيهِ‏ت ٰ ‏َعَا عَلَ‏ ۡ‏َّمَ وَسلYā Rab! Dil-e-Muslim ko woĥ zindaĥ tamannā deyJo qalb ko garmā dey, jo ruḥ ko tařpā deyPĥir wadī-e-fāran kay ĥar żarray ko chamkā deyPĥir Shauq-e-tamāshā dey, pĥir Żauq-e-taqqāzā deyMaḥrūm-e-tamāshā ko pĥir dīdaĥ-e-bīnā deyDekĥā ĥay jo kuch mayn nay auron ko bĥī dikĥlā deyBĥaṫkay ĥuway āĥun ko pĥir so-aye ḥarm ley chalIs shaĥar key khawgar ko pĥir Wus’at-e-ṣeḥrā deyPaīdā dil-e-wīrān mayn pĥir shaurish-e-maḥshar karIs maḥmil-e-khālī ko pĥir shāĥid-e-laīlā deyIs dour ki ẓulmat mayn ĥar qalb-e-parīshān koWoĥ dāgh-e-maḥabbat dey jo chand ko sharmā deyRiff’at mayn maqāṣid ko ĥumdosh-e-šurrīyā karKhuddāri-e-sāḥil dey, āzādī-e-daryā deyBay-loos maḥabbat ĥo, bay-bāk ṣadāqat ĥoSīnaun mayn ujālā kar, dil sūrat-e-mīnaĥ deyAḥsās ‘ināyat kar ašar-e-muṣībat kāAmroz kī shaurish mayn andayshaĥ-e-fardā deyMain bulbul-e-nallān ĥaun aik ujřay gulistān kāTāšīr kā sāil ĥaun, muĥtāj ko, dātā dey!ٓا

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Table of ContentsDu’ā for reading the book ............................................................................... iii13 Intentions for reading this book in connection to thirteen letters of‘Combating Wine’ ............................................................................................ ivTwo Madanī pearls .................................................................................... ivIntentions .................................................................................................... ivMother of Evils ....................................................... 1Excellence of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī ...................................................................... 1Mother of all evils ............................................................................................ 2Was it alcohol or vinegar in the bottle? ....................................................... 3Fear of the beings ............................................................................................. 4Gatherings of drinking .................................................................................... 6Open war against the commandments of Allah ................................. 6One sin carries ten misdeeds ......................................................................... 8What is alcohol? ............................................................................................... 10The reason of the name ‘Khamr’ ................................................................... 11Ruling on alcohol ............................................................................................. 11Ruling on the earnings from alcohol ............................................................ 12Alcohol is Ḥarām whether it is less or more ............................................... 12Eight rulings regarding Khamr (alcohol) ..................................................... 14Ten proofs for the impermissibility of alcohol from ‘Allāmaĥِ تَع ٰ ‏َا ع ۡ ‏َلَيه Shāmī........................................................................................... 15 ر ۡ ‏َمح ‏َةُ‏ ا‏ّٰ‏When did alcohol become impermissible? ................................................. 16Four verses from the Quran regarding alcohol .......................................... 17Wisdom in stepwise prohibition ................................................................... 2082

Mother of all Evils‏َّم Liking of the Noble Prophet‏َس َ ل‏َا ٰ هلِ‏ ِ و‏َع ٰ ‏َا ع ۡ ‏َلَيهِ‏ وَّ ا‏ّٰ‏ ُ ت21 ‏..........................................صَ‏ يلAlarming Madanī pearls about alcohol by A’lā Ḥaḍrat’s father,Maulānā Naqī ‘Alī Khān ................................................................................. 21The difference between ‘Sharāb’ and ‘Sarāb’ .............................................. 22Implementation of prohibition ..................................................................... 23‏ّض ۡ وَان Conduct of the Companions of the Prophet................................ 25 عَلَي ۡ هِم ُ الرِ‏Difference between a Muslim and a non-Muslim ..................................... 27Harmful effects of drinking ............................................................................ 28Economic harms of alcohol ............................................................................ 28Medical harms of alcohol ............................................................................... 29Social harms of drinking ................................................................................. 30Alcoholic cannot recognize family relations .............................................. 31Alcoholic and his households ........................................................................ 31Remain distant from alcoholics ..................................................................... 33Madanī pearls from a prince of the Prophet............................................... 34Alcohol and Satan ............................................................................................ 35Satan of alcoholics ........................................................................................... 36Alcohol and the intellect................................................................................. 37Alcoholic performing Wuḍū with urine ...................................................... 38The alcoholic’s never ending desire ............................................................. 38The biggest sin of all ........................................................................................ 39Blind alcoholic .................................................................................................. 40Alcohol and death ............................................................................................ 40Attempts to prohibit alcohol ......................................................................... 41Alcoholic and his faith .................................................................................... 42‏َّم Five sayings of the Prophetَ لُ َّ صَ‏ يل ا‏ّٰ‏ regarding an alcoholic .. 43‏َس‏َا ٰ هلِ‏ ِ و‏َع ٰ ‏َا ع ۡ ‏َلَيهِ‏ وتFate of heedless alcoholics.............................................................................. 44Drinking alcohol as a medicine ..................................................................... 4583

Table of ContentsDeprivation from Īmān due to alcohol ........................................................ 46A foolish argument .......................................................................................... 47Ten harms of alcoholism ................................................................................ 48Curse upon the alcoholic ................................................................................ 50Hatred for even a drop of alcohol ................................................................. 50Punishment for drinking one sip of alcohol ............................................... 51The wrath of Allah upon alcoholic ....................................................... 52Alcoholic and his Ṣalāĥ ................................................................................... 53Fifteen causes for the decline of Muslims ................................................... 54Different forms of punishment ..................................................................... 55Punishment for the alcoholic ......................................................................... 56Punishment for an alcoholic in this world .................................................. 57Alcoholic’s punishment in the grave ............................................................ 57Deceased woman slaps a shroud thief ......................................................... 58Child turns elderly ........................................................................................... 59The neck of Hell ............................................................................................... 59Five punishments on the Day of Resurrection for the alcoholic ............ 61The appearance of the alcoholic on the Day of Judgment................. 61Smelling fouler than a rotten corpse ...................................................... 61Welcome with the iron hammers ........................................................... 62Horrific view of an alcoholic’s torment ................................................. 62Alcoholic and the heavenly wine .................................................................. 65Alcoholic and the fragrance of Paradise ...................................................... 66Repent as the mercy of Allah is immense ............................................ 68Door of repentance .......................................................................................... 68Alcoholic became friend of Allah .......................................................... 68Virtues of showing respect ............................................................................. 70An alcoholic was forgiven............................................................................... 7184

Mother of all EvilsFrightening graves ............................................................................................ 72Fate of an alcoholic .......................................................................................... 73Corpse resembling a pig ................................................................................. 73Nails of fire ........................................................................................................ 74Blazed in fire...................................................................................................... 74Reward of repenting in youth ........................................................................ 74An incident that reformed an alcoholic....................................................... 75Why are we confronting troubles? ............................................................... 77Blessings of Ṣalāĥ ............................................................................................. 78Terrifying fate of those who do not offer Ṣalāĥ ......................................... 79How an alcoholic became a preacher? ......................................................... 79Bibliography ..................................................................................................... 8285